Factor Affecting Suicidal Behavior Among Adolescents In Krishna Secondary School, Kaushila Nagar, Koholpur Banke

Abstract

Suicidal behavior is a major public health problem for adolescents. It is an action in which person intentionally harm oneself and includes suicidal gestures, suicide attempts, and completed suicide. Objectives of this research to assess the factor affecting suicidal behavior among adolescents in Krishna Secondary              School, Koholpur Banke. A descriptive cross-sectional research design was selected for the study and  probability simple random sampling technique was used to select 100 adolescents. Structured questionnaire was used to collect data and analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistic through SPSS version 21.The result of the study revealed that suicide ideation (p=0.00), suicide attempt (p=0.00), physically attack (0.001), bullying (p=0.00), loneliness (p=0.005), alcohol (p=0.00), cigarette use (p=0.002), perceive unhappiness (p=0.002) and being insulted (p=0.00) were the factors associated with suicidal behavior among adolescents.There was significant association between factor affecting suicidal behavior among adolescents with grade (p=0.035), sleep disturbance (p=0.013), bullying (p=0.007) and love affair (p=0.004) while no significant association was found with demographic variables such as age, gender, family support, history of suicide, peer pressure, loneliness, exam failure. The study shown that suicide ideation, suicide attempt, physically attack, bullying, loneliness, alcohol, cigarette use, perceive unhappiness and being insulted were the factors associated with suicidal behavior among adolescents.

Keywords : Factor, Suicidal Behavior, Adolescents