@article{ref1,
title="Social skills and suicide risk in adolescents of an education institute of the city of armenia (quindio, colombia)",
journal="Revista Ciencias de la Salud",
year="2019",
author="Gonzales Portillo, J. and Franco Monroy, D.A. and Marín Vasco, J.A. and Restrepo Chacon, S.",
volume="17",
number="1",
pages="18-33",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: The objective of this article is to establish the relationship between the acquisition of social skills and the clinical expression of suicidal ideation and suicide risk in adolescents. <br><br>MATERIALS AND METHODS: The research was conducted following a descriptive and correlational design, in a population of 115 adolescents aged between 12 and 18 years old. The Beck's Hopelessness Scale and the Goldstein Social Skills Test were applied. <br><br>RESULTS: Data showed that there is a significant, inversely proportional correlation between social skills and a lower risk of suicidal symptomatology. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Based on the obtained results it was possible to corroborate how family plays a relevant role in the emotional regulation and in the acquisition of social skills in the individual; it was also possible to sustain that, on the basis of a healthy coping mechanism in vital problrems resolution, the possibility of developing any suicidal expression reduces. © 2019, Universidad del Rosario. All rights reserved.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1692-7273",
doi="10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/revsalud/a.7611",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/revsalud/a.7611"
}