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Representações sociais dos comportamentos autolesivos, da ideação suicida e da tentativa de suicídio em adolescentes
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Atualmente, os comportamentos suicidários são um incontornável problema de saúde pública, sendo o suicídio uma das principais causas de morte na adolescência. Dada a escassez de investigações referentes às representações sociais dos adolescentes acerca dos comportamentos autolesivos (CAL), da ideação suicida (IS) e da tentativa de suicídio (TS), torna-se pertinente estudar este fenómeno. Assim, o principal objetivo do presente estudo é analisar as diferenças nas representações sociais acerca dos CAL, da IS e da TS e comparar estas representações entre adolescentes com e sem historial de CAL, IS e TS. A amostra considerou 452 adolescentes, com idades compreendidas entre os 12 e os 18 anos, sendo 48% do sexo masculino e 52% do sexo feminino. Como método de recolha de dados optou-se pelo Teste de Associação Livre de Palavras, tendo sido solicitado aos adolescentes o preenchimento de um questionário com questões abertas relativas aos CAL, à IS e à TS. Os dados revelaram que 10.8% dos jovens apresenta CAL, 19.9% apresenta IS e 2.7% dos adolescentes já realizaram uma TS. Os resultados sugerem ainda que as representações sociais dos adolescentes em relação aos CAL, à IS e à TS diferem em função da presença ou ausência de CAL, IS e TS, dado que os conteúdos representacionais encontrados são diferentes entre os adolescentes.
Nowadays suicidal behaviors are an inescapable public health problem, being suicide one of the main causes of death in adolescence. In view of the scarcity of investigations concerning the social representations of adolescents about deliberate self-harm, suicidal ideation and suicide attempt, it is pertinent to study this phenomenon. Thus, the main objective of the presente study is to analyze the differences in social representations about deliberate self-harm, suicidal ideation and suicide attempt and to compare these representations among adolescents with and without a history of deliberate self-harm, suicidal ideation and suicide attempt. The sample consisted of 452 adolescents between the ages of 12 and 18, being 48% male and 52% female. As a method of data collection, we chose the Free Association Test and adolescentes were asked to complete a questionnaire about deliberate self-harm, suicidal ideation and suicide attempt. The results showed that 10.8% of the young people had deliberate self-harm, 19.9% had suicidal ideation and 2.7% of adolescents had already attempted suicide. The results also suggested that the social representations of adolescents about deliberate self-harm, suicidal ideation and suicide attempt differ according to the presence or absence of these behaviors, since the representational contents found are different among adolescents.
Nowadays suicidal behaviors are an inescapable public health problem, being suicide one of the main causes of death in adolescence. In view of the scarcity of investigations concerning the social representations of adolescents about deliberate self-harm, suicidal ideation and suicide attempt, it is pertinent to study this phenomenon. Thus, the main objective of the presente study is to analyze the differences in social representations about deliberate self-harm, suicidal ideation and suicide attempt and to compare these representations among adolescents with and without a history of deliberate self-harm, suicidal ideation and suicide attempt. The sample consisted of 452 adolescents between the ages of 12 and 18, being 48% male and 52% female. As a method of data collection, we chose the Free Association Test and adolescentes were asked to complete a questionnaire about deliberate self-harm, suicidal ideation and suicide attempt. The results showed that 10.8% of the young people had deliberate self-harm, 19.9% had suicidal ideation and 2.7% of adolescents had already attempted suicide. The results also suggested that the social representations of adolescents about deliberate self-harm, suicidal ideation and suicide attempt differ according to the presence or absence of these behaviors, since the representational contents found are different among adolescents.
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Dissertação de Mestrado apresentada
no ISPA – Instituto Universitário para a obtenção de grau
de Mestre na especialidade de Psicologia Clínica.
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Adolescência. Comportamentos autolesivos Ideação suicida Tentativa de suicídio Representações sociais Adolescence Deliberate self-harm Suicidal ideation Suicide attempt Social representations