@article{ref1,
title="Association between suicidal behaviour and cannabis and tranquilizer use, depression, aggression and other borderline personality traits among students in Sincelejo, Colombia",
journal="Revista Colombiana de Psiquiatría",
year="2021",
author="Romero-Acosta, Kelly and Verhelst, Salomón and Lowe, Gillian A. and Lipps, Garth E. and Restrepo, José and Fonseca, Leodanis",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: This objective of this study is to examine the association between suicidal behaviour and substance use, depression, aggressiveness and borderline personality traits among adolescents from Sincelejo, a rural city in the north of Colombia. <br><br>METHODS: This cross sectional study included 352 participants selected by purposive sampling, from a public and a private school located in Sincelejo, Sucre district, in the north of Colombia. Students ages ranged from 12 to 18 years old (mean, 15.09±1.82). The participants completed three screening tools: a socio-demographic questionnaire, a screening instrument to collect information related to the frequency of use of some substances, such as tobacco and cannabis, and a self-report inventory to assess various personality and psychopathology domains. A series of t-tests, ANOVA and linear regression analyses were conducted. <br><br>RESULTS: Physical aggression (t=7.74; p <0.01), cognitive depression (t=5.03; p <0.01), affective depression (t=8.24; p <0.01), affective instability (t=3.46; p <0.01), few social relationships (t=3.36; p <0.01), self-harm (t=3.45; p<.01), cannabis and tranquilizer use (t=2.83; p <0.05; and t=2.37; p <0.05) had a significant independent relationship with suicidal behaviour. Aggression (t=2.59; p <0.05), components of depression (t=9.03; p <0.01) and borderline personality traits (t=4.12; p <0.01) also predicted suicidal behaviour. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: More longitudinal studies are needed in this area to identify the causal relations between the factors studied and the suicidal behaviour of young people in Sincelejo.<p /> <p>Language: es</p>",
language="es",
issn="0034-7450",
doi="10.1016/j.rcp.2021.05.009",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rcp.2021.05.009"
}