Abstract

GARZA SANCHEZ, Rosa Isabel; CASTRO SAUCEDO, Laura Karina  and  CALDERON GARCIA, Sagrario Alejandra. Family typology, hopelessness and suicidal ideation in the adolescent. Psicol. caribe [online]. 2019, vol.36, n.2, pp.228-247. ISSN 0123-417X.  https://doi.org/10.14482/psdc.36.2.616.8.

The increase in suicidal behavior in adolescents at this time has directed attention to factors that can change young people’s behavior and thus influencing suicidal tendencies. The objective is to identify the family structure of the adolescent, and its relationship in suicidal ideation, its causes and consequences, also identify the level of hopelessness and comparison by gender. A quantitative transverse study was conducted in 185 students in a high-risk secondary school. Three dimensions were explored, family structure, perception of suicidal ideation: Causes and consequences, and Beck’s scale of hopelessness.

The results indicate that men have significant differences in the level of hopelessness reported, the relationship with the father is associated with suicidal thinking and the relationship with the mother in seeing suicide as an outlet to the problems of the teenager. It is suggested to conduct studies at a greater depth in this population, and include variables Like gang membership, engaging in fights, parental education level and drug use, as well as perceived social support to relate the level of hopelessness to these risk factors.

Keywords : exclusion; inclusion; young students; plurality; university.

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