Bienestar psicológico y su relación con la ideación suicida en adolescentes de la ciudad de Ambato

Abstract

The present study focused its research on the variables of psychological well-being and suicidal ideation, with the objective of finding the relationship between them, as well as the relationship of the variables with sociodemographic conditions, for this purpose a sample of 104 adolescents of both sexes from two educational institutions in the city of Ambato was required. Psychological well-being can be defined as the subjective perception of positive and negative affects, for the evaluation of this variable the psychological reagent "Psychological Well-Being Scale for Adolescents" Scale (BIEPS- J) was used, whose author is María Martina Casullo, this scale allows analyzing the basic dimensions of psychological well-being such as: social bonds, control of situations, projects and self-acceptance; on the other hand, the variables of suicidal ideation were evaluated by means of the psychological reagent "Suicidal Intentionality Scale" (SSI) whose author is Beck, adapted by Rodríguez-Pulido F and González de Rivera F, which allows identifying the attitude towards life and death, suicidal ideation, planning of the attempt and previous attempts. The statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) version 25 was used for data analysis, using the Rho Spearman statistical test, which showed the existence of a negative and statistically significant correlation (p<0.05) between psychological well-being and suicidal ideation in the population participating in the study.