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Abstract
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BACKGROUND: The suicidality has increased in adolescents. Its prevention requives to detect suicide ideation, suicide attempts and associated factors.
OBJECTIVES: To determine the contribution of the self-esteem, impulsivity, family cohesion, family adaptability, social support in the prediction of suicidality in adolescents.
SUBJECTS AND METHODS: The Suicidality Scale, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, Impulsivity Scale, Olson Family Cohesion and Adaptability Scale and the Multidimensional scale of perceived social support of Zimet were administered to 763 high school students. For statistical analysis, t student, Pearson coefficient of correlation and multiple linear regression analyses, was used.
RESULTS: 19.1 percent committed suicidal attempts and 7.9 percent had thought many times to finish with their Ufe. Difference in the relation between gender and suicidality was founded t (751): -6.69; p < 0,001, being greater in women. Age (r: 0.12; p < 0.01) and impulsivity (r: 0,28; p < 0.001) is related directly to suicidality; self-esteem (r: -0.49;p < 0.001), family cohesion (r: -0.36; p < 0.001) and social support (r: -0.34; p < 0.001) inversely. The predictors explains 33.8 percent) of the suicidality (R²:0.338); they contribute in sequence of importance: self-esteem (beta: -0.33; sr.²:0.08; p < 0.001), gender (beta: -0.19; sr.²:0.033; p < 0.001), impulsivity (beta: 0,17; sr.²: 0.025; p < 0.001), family cohesion (fc -0.14; sr.²: 0.011; p < 0.001), social support (ß: -0.11; sr.²: 0.008; p < 0.01) and age (ß: -0.07; sr.²: 0.005; p < 0.05).
CONCLUSIONS: The adolescents with less self-esteem, greater impulsivity, with problems of family cohesion and less social support present greater suicidality.
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