TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Suicide ideation in higher education students: influence of social support
JO  - Atencion Primaria
A1  - Gonçalves, Amadeu
A1  - Sequeira, Carlos
A1  - Duarte, João
A1  - Freitas, Paula
SP  - 88
EP  - 91
VL  - 46 Suppl 5
IS  - 
N2  - OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of students' suicidal ideation and to assess its connection with social support. <br><br>METHODS: Quantitative, descriptive and exploratory study on a sample of 1074 students from a higher education institution in Portugal. The data was collected through an online platform that included a questionnaire regarding the sociodemographic and academic profile of the students, the Social/Familiar Support Satisfaction Scale1 and the Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire2. <br><br>RESULTS: Students' ages varies between 17 and 49 (X¯=23,9 years old ± 6,107 sd), with the great majority (64.7%) being females. <br><br>RESULTS show that the presence/severity of suicidal thoughts is low (X¯=13.84; ± 20.29 SD) on a scale from 0 to 180 and cut-off point > 41 for values that suggest potential suicide risk, identifying 84 students at risk (7.8%). We verified significant connections between suicidal ideation and some dimensions of social support: social activities (r=-0.305; P=.000), intimacy (r=-0.272; P=.000) and overall social support (r=-0.168; P=.002). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Suicidal ideation severity is higher on students who are far from home and living alone; students with weak social/familiar support networks (less involvement on social activities and intimate relationships). These results allow us to conclude that a frail social support network positively associates with ideation and suicidal risk.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0212-6567
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0212-6567(14)70072-1
ID  - ref1
ER  -