Autoestima y su relación con la ideación suicida en estudiantes universitarios

Abstract

One of the risk factors that can be linked to suicidal ideation is self-esteem, therefore the objective of the research was to determine the relationship between self-esteem and suicidal ideation in college students. The methodology implemented had a quantitative approach of correlational type, non-experimental design, cross-sectional, which was applied to 110 university students aged between 20 and 24 years selected by a non-probabilistic sampling by convenience where 73.6% were women and 26.4% were men. The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (EAR) and the Positive and Negative Suicidal Ideation Inventory (PANSI) were applied. The results showed a positive correlation between self-esteem and positive suicidal ideation (p<0.001), indicating that the higher the self-esteem the higher the positive suicidal ideation, while between self-esteem and negative suicidal ideation a negative correlation was found (p<0.001), showing that the higher the self-esteem the lower the negative suicidal ideation.