Factors Related to Suicide Risk in University Students from Honduras

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Published: Apr 8, 2022
Issue: Vol. 40 No. 1 (2022): Avances en Psicología Latinoamericana
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Keywords: suicide depression meaning in life interpersonal support mental health hope

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  Miguel Landa-Blanco
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras
  Óscar Rolando Urtecho-Osorto
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras
Miguel Mercado
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras
  Ángel Aguilar-Chávez
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras

Abstract

Suicide risk is defined as the possibility of a person deliberately taking his/her own life; this is considered a self-destructive behavior with multifactorial causes. This research aimed to determine the psychological factors associated with suicide risk in university students. This was done through a quantitative, non-experimental approach. The sample consisted of 1696 undergraduate students, 54.7% female and 43.6% male students. Questionnaires were applied to evaluate meaning in life, depression, hope, loneliness, interpersonal support, and suicide risk. The results indicated that 50% of the participants reported never having suicidal thoughts. However, 26.8 % had had a passing thought about committing suicide, 9.9% had thought of a specific (but unexecuted) plan to commit suicide, 5.8% reported a previous suicide attempt without the intention of actually committing suicide, 5% had made plans to take their own life with a real intention to commit the act, and 2.4% had made at least one suicide attempt with a desire to die. Results indicate that there is a significant inverse relation between suicide risk and hope, the presence and search for a meaning in life, and interpersonal support. However, a higher suicide risk is positively correlated with loneliness and depression. These results are discussed according to their implications in clinical practice.

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Landa-Blanco, M., Urtecho-Osorto, Óscar R., Mercado, M., & Aguilar-Chávez, Ángel. (2022). Factors Related to Suicide Risk in University Students from Honduras. Avances En Psicología Latinoamericana, 40(1). https://doi.org/10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/apl/a.8537
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