Factores asociados a pensamientos suicidas en adolescentes de la Unidad Educativa Dora Beatriz Canelos. Cuenca 2019.

Abstract

Background: suicidal thoughts are latent representations that arise because the adolescent presents difficulties in resolving the conflicts, considering suicide as the only way out of the problems (1). There are few studies that address this issue due to its multicausal origin, however early detection is necessary for work in the prevention of suicide (2). Objective: determine the factors associated with suicidal thoughts in adolescents of the Unidad Educativa Dora Beatriz Canelos. Cuenca 2019. Methodology: this is a descriptive study of correlational cross section, with a finite universe of 131 students of the Unidad Educativa Dora Beatriz Canelos. It was used the Positive and Negative Suicide Ideation Inventory (PANSI), to assess the associated factors were used scales validated, the data obtained were processed in the digital base SPSS V15. Results: was found a prevalence of suicidal thoughts of 29.01% in adolescents, the factors that prevailed were alcohol consumption with 21.37%, followed by sentimental problems with 17.56%, low school performance with 16.79%, depression with 9.16%, low self-esteem with 8.40%, school bullying with 6.87%, severe family dysfunction with 5.34%, domestic violence with 4, 58% and finally sexual abuse with 1.53%. Conclusion: the results obtained allowed to identify the main factors associated with suicidal thoughts, these being alcohol consumption, sentimental problems, low school performance and depression, where prevailed the male sex and adolescents who come from single-parent families