Mental Health Conditions and Suicide Risk Among Costa Rican University Students
| Autor: | Daniel Martínez-Esquivel, Patsy Quesada-Carballo, Yerlin Quesada-Rodríguez, Ana Laura Solano-López, Derby Muñoz-Rojas |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese |
| Rok vydání: | 2024 |
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| Zdroj: | Revista Cuidarte, Vol 15, Iss 1 (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2216-0973 2346-3414 |
| DOI: | 10.15649/cuidarte.3427 |
| Popis: | Introduction: University students are exposed to academic demands that could impact mental health and trigger suicidal behaviors. Objective: To analyze the mental health conditions (depression, anxiety, and social support) and suicide risk in Costa Rican university students. Materials and Methods: Correlational, predictive, and cross-sectional research was conducted. A census sample of 76 university students was included. Variables encompassed sociodemographic data, social support measured by the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, depression measured by the Beck Depression Inventory-II, anxiety measured by the Beck Anxiety Inventory, and suicide risk measured by the Plutchik Suicide Risk Scale. An online survey was used. Descriptive analysis, variance analysis, Pearson correlation, and multiple linear regression were performed. Significance level set at p |
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