Suicide ideation, depression and perceived family and social support: A correlational study among school going adolescents

Pages: 1063-1067
Megha Arya (Department of Psychology, IIS University, Jaipur, Rajasthan)
Madhu Jain (Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan)

The purpose of the present study was to find the correlation between suicide ideation and psychosocial variables under the study i.e Perceived family and social support and depression. The sample consisted of 250 males and 250 females between the age range of 15-19 years, drawn from the various public and private school located within the municipal limits of Jaipur city. The standard psychological measures included Multi Attitude Suicide Tendency Scale (Orbach’s, 1991); Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (Zimet, Dahlem, Zimet, & Farley, 1988); and Beck Depression Inventory (Beck’s, 1961). It was found that suicide ideation was significantly negatively correlated with perceived family and social support (p < .01) and significantly positively correlated with depression (p < .01). It was also found students with greater mean perceived family and social support had low suicide ideation and students with greater mean depression scores had high suicide ideation than those with lesser mean depression scores.