Título en inglésFamily functioning related to suicide risk in teenagers from a junior high school in Aguascalientes

Abstract

Family functioning is the ability to meet the needs of its members and adapt to change. Suicidal risk refers to factors that, combined, generate from ideation to completed suicide. The previous concepts are related because the family is a fundamental pillar in the human being's life, mainly during adolescence. Objective: To determine the relationship between family functioning and suicide risk in teenage students at a junior high school in the state of Aguascalientes. Methods: This is a quantitative, correlational, and non-experimental study, simple random sampling without replacement of 154 students from 11 to 16 years of age, with signed informed consent. Two instruments were applied; a family functioning evaluation questionnaire (Cronbach's alpha of 0.92) and a questionnaire for assessing suicide risk in adolescents (Cronbach's alpha of 0.83.) Results: 88.2% of the teenagers presented mild suicide risk, 72.7% had moderately functional family functioning, the relationship was Rho -.258 (p = 0.001.) Conclusion: Family functioning is concluded to be moderately functional. In suicidal risk, the majority presented a mild risk. There is a low inverse relationship between family functioning and suicide risk