Suicide ideation and suicide attempts in middle school students of the State of Guanajuato, Mexico

Autor:	Ana María Chávez-Hernández, Alberto Jiménez Tapia, Angélica Juárez Loya, Catalina González-Forteza, Daniela Vázquez Vega
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	Drug poisoning Suicide attempt media_common.quotation_subject Mean age Feeling Suicide ideation medicine General Earth and Planetary Sciences Feeling angry medicine.symptom Psychology Social psychology Suicidal ideation General Environmental Science media_common Demography
Zdroj:	Acta Universitaria. 25:43-50
ISSN:	2007-9621 0188-6266
DOI:	10.15174/au.2015.786
Popis:	The aim of this study is to measure frequency of recent suicide ideation and suicide attempts in life, comparing by sex and age, to describe the characteristics of the single/last suicide attempt in high school students. A cross-sectional study was conducted with a random sample of public middle schools in 41 out of 46 municipalities of Guanajuato State, Mexico. 3249 Students participated (48.6% were male and 51.4% female), with mean age of 13 years. Results show that the occurrence of current suicidal ideation was 8.4% (n= 274), with a significantly higher proportion of women (x2= 4.22; gl= 1; p= 0.033). Frequency of suicide attempts was 12.4%. The most frequent methods often used were drug poisoning and not eating, to dying. The main reasons cited were family problems, feeling angry, feeling alone/sad/depressed, and lack of understanding in the family. There were statistical differences by sex.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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