@article{ref1,
title="Psychosocial factors and sociodemographic characteristics associated with suicidality risk in Chilean adolescents",
journal="Children (Basel, Switzerland)",
year="2022",
author="Zulic-Agramunt, Christianne Milena and Guzmán-Guzmán, Iris Paola and Delgado-Floody, Pedro and Saavedra, Monserrat Belén Cerda and Fuente, Patricio Gutierrez De La and Solano, Mario Meza and Berrios, Claudia Sagredo and Testor, Carles Pérez",
volume="9",
number="8",
pages="e1185-e1185",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Suicidality in adolescents is a growing concern and is currently a public health issue in Chile and the world. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: To determine the association between the risk of suicidality with self-harm, sociodemographic parameters (that is, gender and type of school), psychosocial variables, and social and family support in Chilean adolescents. <br><br>METHODS: In a cross-sectional study, 829 (377, 45.5% girls) children/adolescents between 10 and 19 years of age participated. Suicidality, self-esteem, health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and social support perception were evaluated by standard, validated questionnaires. The presence of self-harm, dating violence, and family dysfunction was also evaluated through a self-report survey. <br><br>RESULTS: Suicidality risk was related to low self-esteem (OR = 9.73; 95%; CI = 6.62-14.28; p < 0.001), low HRQoL (OR = 5.0; 95%; CI = 3.51-7.13; p < 0.001), low social support (OR; 3.38, 95%; CI; 2.48-4.6; p < 0.001), and self-harm (OR = 8.03; 95%; CI = 5.69-11.33; p < 0.001). In family terms, suicidality risk was associated with exposure to physical (OR = 2.47, 95%CI; 1.69-3.6; p < 0.001) and psychological (OR = 1.78, 95; 1.33-2.39; p < 0.001) aggression between parents, and with considering their family dysfunctional (OR = 2.41 95%; CI = 1.69-3.41; p < 0.001). Finally, suicidality was associated with feeling mistreated by a boyfriend/girlfriend (OR = 2.18; 95% CI = 1.19-3.98; p = 0.011). <br><br>CONCLUSION: Suicidality was associated with self-harm, low social, psychological and family well-being, and/or feeling mistreated by a boyfriend/girlfriend.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2227-9067",
doi="10.3390/children9081185",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children9081185"
}