The relationship between suicide attempt and smoking, alcohol and substance use and psychosocial characteristics in adolescents

Denizhan Bagrul; Fatma İnci Arıkan

doi:10.7197/cmj.vi.553903

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The relationship between suicide attempt and smoking, alcohol and substance use and psychosocial characteristics in adolescents

Abstract

Objective: Our study mainly aims to identify the relationship between suicidal behavior and psychosocial factors, and smoking, alcohol and substance use habits.

Method: The study group consisted of 188 adolescents aged 13-18, who applied to Pediatric Emergency Outpatient Clinic due to suicide attempt between November 2011 and December 2012, and a control group of 142 adolescents who applied to the outpatient clinics. The Demographic Questionnaire Form and Substance Use Form employed in the study was applied to all the cases by the researcher. The cases were also asked to complete a Beck Depression Inventory.

Results: In this study, 83.2% of the suicide attempt cases consisted of girls and the mean age was 15.5 years. It was determined that, in relation to the control group, the educational life period of those who attempted suicide was shorter (p=0.002), they more frequently come from a divorced family (p=0.02), their parents have a lower level of education (p=0,015; p=0,04, respectively), and their parents more frequently use cigarette and alcohol. Use of cigarette among those who attempted suicide was ascertained to be at a high level, which was significant in relation to the control group (p=0.001). Though use of alcohol and substance among those who attempted suicide were determined to be at a higher level in relation to the control group, it was not significant statistically. In cases with repeated suicide attempts, the use of cigarette, alcohol and substance was found to be increased evidently. Depression scale points of those who attempted suicide were significantly higher than that of the control group (p=0.001)

Conclusions: It was found that various factors play a role on suicidal behavior among adolescents. In addition to demographic factors such as gender, education level, family structure, family characteristics and parents' educational level, previous suicide attempt, smoking, alcohol and substance use, depressive mood were also found to be closely correlated with suicidal behavior. Further studies on determinants of suicidal behavior and determination of risk factors will guide professionals working on this subject to foresee suicide attempts.

Keywords

Adolescent,suicide attempt,substance use,depression

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Sağlık Kurumları Yönetimi

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yazarlar

Denizhan Bagrul ^*
0000-0003-0375-1726
Türkiye

Fatma İnci Arıkan
0000-0002-9139-2737
Türkiye

Yayımlanma Tarihi

20 Mayıs 2020

Gönderilme Tarihi

15 Nisan 2019

Kabul Tarihi

29 Nisan 2020

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 1970 Cilt: 42 Sayı: 1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.7197/cmj.vi.553903

IZ

https://izlik.org/JA53PM37KP

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RIS / Bibtex

AMA

1.Bagrul D, Arıkan Fİ. The relationship between suicide attempt and smoking, alcohol and substance use and psychosocial characteristics in adolescents. CMJ. 2020;42(1):71-78. doi:10.7197/cmj.vi.553903

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