Socijalna psihijatrija, Vol. 51 No. 1, 2023.
Izvorni znanstveni članak
https://doi.org/10.24869/spsih.2023.3
Self-Injury and Suicidality Among High-School Students Prior to and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Ines Rezo Bagarić
; Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Pravni fakultet, Studijski centar socijalnog rada, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Nika Sušac
; Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Pravni fakultet, Studijski centar socijalnog rada, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Linda Rajhvajn Bulat
; Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Pravni fakultet, Studijski centar socijalnog rada, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
The objectives of the study were to compare the occurrence of self-injury and suicidal ideations on a sample of highschool
students in the City of Zagreb in 2016 and 2021, and to examine the predictors of self-injury and suicidal ideations
among high-school students. The participants of the study were 1st grade students from high schools in Zagreb, with
269 students participating in 2016, and 353 in 2021. The most represented group in both samples were the students
attending gymnasium, aged 15 on average, with a roughly equal share of boys and girls. The results point to a twofold
increase in the occurrence of self-injury among Zagreb high-school students when comparing 2016 (17.0%) and 2021
(29.1%). No significant differences were found in suicidal ideations, although the proportion of participants who reported
thinking about committing suicide on at least one occasion was high (27.7% in 2016 and 24.8% in 2021). Adolescent girls
reported roughly two times more self-injury (38.2% in 2021) and suicidal ideations (34.2%) than adolescent boys (19.9%
self-injury and 15.8% suicidal ideations in 2021). Most self-injuries and suicidal thoughts were reported by young people
who estimated that their families had less money than others. The results of hierarchical regression analyses showed that
selected sets of predictors accounted for markedly high variance percentages of both self-injuries (43.6%) and suicidal
ideations (41.9%). Significant factors for both types of self-aggressive behaviours include lower expression of parental
warmth and more parental rejection, as well as non-constructive ways of coping with stress and more negative selfconcept
in a certain aspect.
Ključne riječi
Self-Injury; Suicidality; Adolescence; COVID-19 Pandemic
Hrčak ID:
304500
URI
Datum izdavanja:
21.6.2023.
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