Abstract

GOMEZ-TABARES, ANYERSON STITHS. Perspectives on the Study of Suicidal Behavior in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review of the Literature Using Graph Theory. Psicol. caribe [online]. 2021, vol.38, n.3, pp.408-451.  Epub May 25, 2022. ISSN 0123-417X.  https://doi.org/10.14482/psdc.38.3.362.28.

In the last decades, the number of research on suicidal behavior in childhood and adolescence has increased, however, there are no studies at present that characterize the scientific production in research perspectives. The objective of this article is to perform a systematic review of the main perspectives of study on suicidal behavior in children and adolescents, emphasizing the main risk factors at the biopsychosocial level, clinical predictors, and explanatory models. The bibliographic search was carried out in the Web of Science database. For the management of the information, a citation and clustering analysis was undertaken by means of graph theory. The tools Sc12 Tool and Gephi were used. Three dominant research orientations focused on the analysis of psychiatric predictors of suicidal behavior (i), the relationship between non-suicidal self-injury and suicidal behavior (2), and child abuse and its relationship with suicidal behavior (3). It is hoped that this study will contribute to the understanding of the multiple research questions about suicidal behavior in childhood and adolescence. At the same time, the used methodology enriches the field of study by accurately reflecting its current status at the research level.

Keywords : suicide; non-suicidal self-harm; depression; child abuse.

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