Searching for Psychological Predictors of Suicidal Ideation in University Students

The present study aims to identify psychological predictors of suicidal ideation in university students. We collected a sample of 366 participants, representing a population of 7102 students from a university in northern Portugal (95% CI). Both in the whole sample and in the intra-gender analysis, s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Pereira, Adelino António Gonçalves, Cardoso, Francisco Manuel dos Santos
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade de Brasília (UnB)
Repositorio:Psicologia (Universidade de Brasília. Online)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/19488
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/revistaptp/article/view/19488
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Preditores psicológicos
Ideação suicida
Universitários
Psychological predictors
Suicidal ideation
University students
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Sumario:The present study aims to identify psychological predictors of suicidal ideation in university students. We collected a sample of 366 participants, representing a population of 7102 students from a university in northern Portugal (95% CI). Both in the whole sample and in the intra-gender analysis, students with suicidal ideation revealed higher levels of depressive symptoms, loneliness, social anxiety and fears of abandonment, and lower levels of comfort with intimacy and trust in others. Loneliness and depression are significant predictors of suicidal ideation, with an odds ratio of 1.095 and 1.108, respectively. The results were consistent with those found in the literature, and call for more research and implementation of intervention protocols in university populations.