Factors that affect suicidal ideation in adolescents from 13 to 17 years of age from the village corregimiento in the municipality of Pueblo Nuevo - Córdoba.

Abstract

One of the current public health problems is the ideation of suicide and consummated suicide within the adolescent population, directly affecting their relatives, close nucleus and the entire community in general. Therefore, the main objective of this study is to understand the factors that influence suicidal ideation in adolescents between 13 and 17 years of age from the village of Poblado in the Municipality of Pueblo Nuevo -Córdoba.

The research is framed under the parameters of the qualitative approach. It seeks to understand the factors that influence suicidal ideation in adolescents between 13 and 17 years of age from the village of Poblado in the Municipality of Pueblo Nuevo -Córdoba. Likewise, it seeks to interpret a reality from a subjective perspective in relation to the context, study phenomenon and the population immersed in this study, in order to explore and investigate what factors influence the episodes associated with suicidal ideation.

The results show that there are various factors that lead to suicidal ideation and in more extreme cases to consummated suicide in the adolescent and youth population; These factors can be classified as follows: individual, family and social. Finally, the presence of family and emotional conflicts are determining factors in the episodes of suicidal ideation in this population group.