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Estrés y riesgo suicida. Estudio de los acontecimientos vitales recientes en tentativas de suicidio en adolescentes

Year: 1997

Type: article

Abstract: Suicide attempts are a kínd of suicida/ behavior specia!Jy frequent in adolescence. Its detailed study is seen as necessary considering the severity o/ its consecuences with the goal of a better preventive and therapeutic ap-proach. In this paper we address the relationship between life stress (calculated by measuring recent life euents) and performing a suicide attempt. A matched case-control study is developed comparing 29 adolescents suicide attempters (aged 15-18 year) to the same number of adolescents without antecedents of such behavior. Recent life events in the previous year were measured with the Recent Life Events Scale adapted fer adolescent spanish population by Mardomingo and González. During the previous year suicida! adolescents experienced more stress than the control group having suffered more life events in three areas of life family, couple and school.

Source: Revista de Psiquiatría Infanto-Juvenil

Authors: Fernández Rivas, A, González Torres, M. A, Lasa Zulueta, A

Institution: Osakidetza

Language: Spanish

Topic: Suicide and Self-Harm Studies

Subfield: Clinical Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W7217640945

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