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Psychological welfare and relational contexts of teens with suicide ideation in the Colombian caribbean

Abstract:

Objectives: to understand how adolescents with suicidal ideation build their sense of personal well-being in their relational contexts. Materials and methods: A mixed approach, with descriptive sequential design, was used in a sample of 27 students (19% female and 8% male), between 12 and 16 years old. As a quantitative technique, the Psychological Wellbeing Scale (BIPSI) and the Suicidal Risk Assessment Scale (ERS) were used; At a qualitative level, we worked with a semi-structured interview that consisted of 6 open-ended questions that brought researchers closer to the understanding that young people have in the categories of Personal Well-being and Significant Relational Contexts. The Suicidal Risk Assessment scale allows us to see if the subject has a suicidal profile, while the Psychological Well-being Scale allows the subject’s perception of their own wellbeing to be standardized, adjust-ing this to the objectives of the study. Results: The analysis of the Psychological Wellbeing Scale (BIPSI) corresponds to a global value of 61% which places adolescents in a minimum indicator of Psychological Well-being. The analysis of suicidal risk factors in men showed an overall value of 63%, which represents a high indicator according to the descriptive statistics of the Suicide Risk Assessment Scale (ERS). The analysis of suicide risk factors in women showed a global value of 59%, which represents a high indicator according to the descriptive statistics of the Suicide Risk Assessment Scale (ERS). Conclusions: The perception of Personal Well-being of adolescents with precise suicidal ideation of interpersonal links, so that, at this stage of the human life cycle, the group com-ponent for this perception plays a preponderant role.