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Resumo: Este trabalho teve como objetivo testar dois modelos de previsão do risco de suicídio que assumem
que a depressão medeia a relação entre a frequência e a intensidade de acontecimentos de vida
percebidos como negativos e o risco de suicídio. Foi controlado o efeito da idade e do género dos
participantes. Os dados foram recolhidos em dois momentos diferentes com um intervalo de cinco
meses. Participaram 165 jovens adultos (41 homens e 121 mulheres) que responderam ao Life
Experiences Survey, à Escala de Depressão do Centro de Estudos Epidemiológicos e ao Questionário de
Comportamentos Suicidários – Revisto. Os dois modelos de equações estruturais testados ajustam-se
aos dados de forma satisfatória. A depressão medeia a relação entre a frequência e a intensidade dos
acontecimentos de vida percebidos como negativos e o risco de suicídio. Os resultados são discutidos
nas suas implicações para a prática clínica, demonstrando a importância de avaliar a história de vida
recente do indivíduo relativamente à percepção que este tem de determinados experiências de vida,
dado que estas podem conduzir à depressão que por sua vez aumento o risco suicidário.
Abstract: This study aimed to test two models of suicide risk prediction that take depression as a mediator in the relationship between the frequency and intensity of life events perceived as negative and the suicide risk. Variables of age and gender were controlled. Data were collected at two different times with an interval of five months. 165 young adults (41 men and 121 women) participated and responded to the Life Experiences Survey, the Center for the Epidemiological Studies of Depression Scale and the Suicide Behaviors Questionnaire Revised. The two structural equation models tested fit the data satisfactorily. Depression mediated the relationship between the frequency and the intensity of life events perceived as negative and the suicide risk. Results are discussed in its implications for clinical practice, demonstrating the importance of evaluating recent life history of individual's and perception that they have relatively to certain life events, as these events can lead to depression which in turn increases suicide risk.
Abstract: This study aimed to test two models of suicide risk prediction that take depression as a mediator in the relationship between the frequency and intensity of life events perceived as negative and the suicide risk. Variables of age and gender were controlled. Data were collected at two different times with an interval of five months. 165 young adults (41 men and 121 women) participated and responded to the Life Experiences Survey, the Center for the Epidemiological Studies of Depression Scale and the Suicide Behaviors Questionnaire Revised. The two structural equation models tested fit the data satisfactorily. Depression mediated the relationship between the frequency and the intensity of life events perceived as negative and the suicide risk. Results are discussed in its implications for clinical practice, demonstrating the importance of evaluating recent life history of individual's and perception that they have relatively to certain life events, as these events can lead to depression which in turn increases suicide risk.
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Acontecimentos de vida negativos Depressão Risco de suicídio Jovens adultos Negative life events Depression Suicide risk Young adults
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Sobrinho, A. T., & Mota, C. P. (2016). Perceção de acontecimentos de vida negativos, depressão e risco de suicídio em jovens adultos. Análise Psicológica, 34(1), 47-59. https://doi.org/10.14417/ap.1061
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Edições ISPA