Resumen

PEREZ PRADA, Mónica Patricia; MARTINEZ BAQUERO, Lizeth Cristina; VIANCHA PINZON, Mildred Alexandra  y  AVENDANO PRIETO, Bertha Lucía. Suicidal ideation and attempt and their relation to sexual abuse in students of Boyacá - Colombia. Divers.: Perspect. Psicol. [online]. 2017, vol.13, n.1, pp.91-101. ISSN 1794-9998.  https://doi.org/10.15332/s1794-9998.2017.0001.07.

The purpose of this descriptive study was to identify the presence of suicidal attempt and suicidal ideation, sexual abuse and the relationship among these variables, in high school students from three towns in Boyaca, Colombia. This study was conducted with 1,292 participants whose ages ranged between 12 and 20 years old. The instruments used were a sociodemographic survey and the Positive and Negative Suicide Ideation Inventory. Statistically significant differences in the variables studied were found. Among the most relevant findings of this research, it was found that young victims of sexual abuse with penetration have had suicidal attempts (1.9%); moreover, 48% of the victims have suicidal ideation.

Palabras clave : suicidal attempt; suicidal ideation; suicidal behavior; sexual abuse; adolescent.

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