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Tentativa de suicídio e ideação suicida na adolescência : Uma amostra clínica
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Abstract(s)
A fase conflitual da adolescência, torna-se preocupante quando o suicídio passa a ser a
única alternativa para ultrapassar as dificuldades (WHO, 2014).
As causas da tentativa de suicídio são multideterminadas, tendo diversos fatores que
devem ser explorados mediante três ângulos, nomeadamente consoante uma 1) perspetiva
individual; 2) uma perspetiva familiar e uma 3) perspetiva social (Sampaio, 1991).
O objetivo do presente trabalho é analisar alguns fatores protetores e de risco numa
amostra de adolescentes com ideação suicida e que cometeram tentativa de suicídio, recolhida
num hospital público. Para além de uma análise detalhada destes fatores, tem-se como
objetivo perceber qual o efeito do género e da idade na perceção que os adolescentes têm
relativamente à sua relação com os familiares. Para a concretização destes objetivos contou-se
com 271 adolescentes, 81 do sexo masculino e 190 do sexo feminino.
Os resultados mais relevantes evidenciaram que continua a existir um maior número
de tentativas de suicídio no sexo feminino; a maioria do diagnóstico sindromático é a
depressão e ansiedade; as explicações e significados dos comportamentos suicidários
continuam a evidenciar uma multidimensionalidade convergente em três níveis: social,
familiar e individual. Os jovens com TS e/ou IS revelaram uma má relação com a figura
paterna. O género e a idade são variáveis que influenciam alguns dos resultados encontrados:
são os rapazes mais velhos que percecionam que se dão pior com o pai e os jovens mais novos
que afirmam que o pai manifesta sentimentos mais afetivos. As limitações e implicações
práticas e teóricas deste estudo são discutidas com base na literatura.
ABSTRACT: The adolescence phase may become a matter of concern, mainly when suicide seems to be the only way to deal with difficulties that come along the way (WHO, 2014). Suicide attempt might be explained several reasons, considering several factors that should be explored through three different angles, such as: 1) Individual perspective; 2) Familiar perspective; and 3) Social perspective (Sampaio, 1991). Therefore, the purpose of this study is to analyze some risk and protect factors in a sample of adolescents that have already experienced a suicide attempt. The sample was collected in a public hospital. In addition to a detailed analysis, the present work aims to study the impact of gender and age on teenagers' perception about their familiar relationship. In this way, a sample of 271 people, 190 females and 81 males, was collected and analyzed. The main results have shown that the suicide attempts are more frequent in girls than in boys; the major part of syndromatic diagnosis is related with depression and anxiety; the explanations of suicidal behavior continue to show a convergence of multi-dimensionality in three levels (social, familiar and individual). Teenagers with TS and/or IS express a poor relationship with their father figure. The variables gender and age affect some of the findings: older boys are the ones that percept to have a bad relationship with their fathers and the younger boys who claim that the father manifests more affective feelings. The practical and theoretical constraints of this study are discussed based on the existent literature.
ABSTRACT: The adolescence phase may become a matter of concern, mainly when suicide seems to be the only way to deal with difficulties that come along the way (WHO, 2014). Suicide attempt might be explained several reasons, considering several factors that should be explored through three different angles, such as: 1) Individual perspective; 2) Familiar perspective; and 3) Social perspective (Sampaio, 1991). Therefore, the purpose of this study is to analyze some risk and protect factors in a sample of adolescents that have already experienced a suicide attempt. The sample was collected in a public hospital. In addition to a detailed analysis, the present work aims to study the impact of gender and age on teenagers' perception about their familiar relationship. In this way, a sample of 271 people, 190 females and 81 males, was collected and analyzed. The main results have shown that the suicide attempts are more frequent in girls than in boys; the major part of syndromatic diagnosis is related with depression and anxiety; the explanations of suicidal behavior continue to show a convergence of multi-dimensionality in three levels (social, familiar and individual). Teenagers with TS and/or IS express a poor relationship with their father figure. The variables gender and age affect some of the findings: older boys are the ones that percept to have a bad relationship with their fathers and the younger boys who claim that the father manifests more affective feelings. The practical and theoretical constraints of this study are discussed based on the existent literature.
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Dissertação de Mestrado apresentada ao ISPA - Instituto Universitário
Keywords
Adolescência Ideação suicida Tentativa de suicídio Figura Paterna Família Adolescence Suicidal ideation Attempted suicide Father figure Family