Psychological inflexibility and suicide risk in adolescents from Cerro de Pasco, Peru

• Autores: Salcedo-Ramón, Henry, Quijada Villaizan, David Jesus
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2024
• Institución: Universidad de Huánuco
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad de Huánuco
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs2.localhost:article/610
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.udh.edu.pe/index.php/RPCS/article/view/610
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: inflexibilidad; riesgo suicida; depresión; desesperanza; ideación suicida; intención suicida; aislamiento; apoyo familiar; adolescentes; inflexibility; suicide risk; depression; hopelessness; suicidal ideation; suicidal intent; isolation; family support; adolescents

Objective. To identify the effect of psychological inflexibility on suicide risk among adolescents from a public educational institution in Cerro de Pasco, Peru. Methods. The study was explanatory, cross-sectional, and included observable variables. The sample, selected through non-probabilistic intentional sampling, consisted of 193 high school students from an institution in Cerro de Pasco. The students were assessed using the Avoidance and Fusion Questionnaire for Youth (AFQ-Y) and the Suicide Risk Scale (SRS). Results. The findings show that psychological inflexibility has a direct effect on suicide risk (B = .516, r 2 = .262, p < .001; f 2 = .355). Additionally, psychological inflexibility was found to exert a direct effect on depression and hopelessness(B = .397; r 2 = .153; p < .001; f 2 = .181), suicidal  deation and intent (B = .447; r 2 = .196; p < .001; f 2 = .244), social isolation (B = .509; r 2 = .255; p < .001; f 2 = .342), and lack of family support (B = .457; r 2 = .205; p < .001; f 2 = .258). Conclusions. Indicators of psychological inflexibility influence the confguration of suicide risk by increasing depression and hopelessness, suicidal ideation and intent, social isolation, and lack of family support among adolescents in a school in Cerro de Pasco.