Factores psicológicos asociados a intentos de suicidio en jóvenes entre 16-25 años del Valle de Aburrá

ABSTRACT: This research shows the presence of psychological factors like hopelessness, low levels of self-efficacy, and personality traits on young people between 16 and 25 years from the Aburrá Valley with suicide attempts. For this research twenty four (20 women, 4 men) patients that had attempted...

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Autores: Cortina Espitia, Elena Margarita, Peña Ochoa, Maribel, Gómez Maquet, Yvonne
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:Colombia
Institución:Universidad de Antioquia
Repositorio:Repositorio UdeA
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/2574
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10495/2574
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Intento de suicidio
Autoeficacia
Descontento social
Pruebas neuropsicológicas
MIPS (Inventario de estilos de personalidad de Millón)
Escala de desesperanza de Beck
Jóvenes
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Sumario:ABSTRACT: This research shows the presence of psychological factors like hopelessness, low levels of self-efficacy, and personality traits on young people between 16 and 25 years from the Aburrá Valley with suicide attempts. For this research twenty four (20 women, 4 men) patients that had attempted to commit suicide were evaluated. For this research it were applied some instruments like The Millon Index of Personality (MIPS™) (Millón, 1997), The Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS) (Beck & Steer, 1988), The Self-efficacy Test, and a semi-structured interview. It was found a general personality profile characterized by the presence of individual elements, discrepancy, unhappiness and sociability. The personality profile was analyzed also by the Frequency distribution of the three tasks of the MIPS™. On the motivational goals area two components dominated, individuality and preservation; on the cognitive means area dominated the component innovation; and in the area interpersonal behavior dominated the components discrepancy, discontent, and sociability.