Abstract

CALDERA MONTES, Juan Francisco et al. Suicidal ideation and dissatisfaction with body image in high school students of the region Altos Sur de Jalisco. Rev. de psicol. y cienc. del comport. de la Unidad Académica de Cienc. Juríd. y Sociales [online]. 2018, vol.9, n.2, pp.109-119. ISSN 2007-1833.  https://doi.org/10.29365/rpcc.20181207-74.

The main objectives of this study were to identify the relationship between suicidal ideation and dissatisfaction with the body image of high school students and to compare both variables according to sex. The sample consisted of 567 students. The participant answered the Scale of Suicidal Ideation of Beck (SSI) and the Body Image Dissatisfaction Questionnaire (BSQ). The results show the presence of a significant correlation (positive and low) between these variables. There are no discrepancies in the levels of suicidal ideation according to sex, but in the case of dissatisfaction with body image, women are the ones that report the highest rates. The work concludes stating that, the significant relationship between the variables must be taken into consideration by the professionals who deal with this type of problem, especially, by those mental health experts who nowadays attend to the growing problem of suicide in young people and adolescents.

Keywords : suicidal ideation; suicide; dissatisfaction whit body shape; teenagers; high school.