Coffin CN, Álvarez ZM, Marín CA

Language: Spanish
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Page: 341-354
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ABSTRACT

Depression and suicidal ideation in college students might become a relevant problem, due the hopelessness of an adequate academic performance, coupled to the psychological and emotional malaise. The major goal for this study was to know the current prevalence of depression symptoms and suicidal ideation in students of this campus. Also, this study will try to find correlation between variables and the grade point average, gender, and career in 251 participants. Beck Depression Inventory and Casullo’s Suicide Orientation Inventory were administered to this sample. Results showed a moderate negative correlation between variables (r=-.404; p‹ .01); normal and mild levels of depression, and moderate and high levels of suicidal ideation are present in the general sample. By gender, most of the women showed moderate and high levels of suicidal ideation, while moderate level in depression was more prevalent. By career, moderate level of depression, and high level of suicidal ideation are more prevalent among Medicine and Biology students. Since score average and gender did not correlate at this point, with any of both variables, it is quite likely that other own variables might influence their emotional state.