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Suicide ideation in higher education students:influence of social support
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Objectives: To determine the prevalence of students’ suicidal ideation and to assess its
connection with social support.
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 pro le of the students,
the Social/Familiar Support Satisfaction Scale1 and the Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire2.
Results: Students’ ages varies between 17 and 49 (X = 23,9 years old ± 6,107 sd), with the great
majority (64.7%) being females. 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 veri ed signi cant
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).
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.
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Keywords
Suicidal ideation Higher education students Social support
Pedagogical Context
Citation
Aten Primaria. 2014;46(supl. 5):88-91
Publisher
Elsevier España