Suicidal Ideation Among Adolescents: Role of Mindfulness and Resilience in Predicting Suicidal Ideation
Keywords:
Suicidal Ideation, Mindfulness, Resilience, AdolescentsAbstract
Background: This study was conducted to investigate the thoughts of suicide among adolescents and to explore the role how mindfulness and resilience helps in predicting suicidal ideation among them so that adequate steps can be taken to prevent the teenagers to act upon these types of self-harming ideas. Method: A sample size of 124 adolescents studying in different Senior Secondary Schools of Punjab was taken into consideration to carry out the study. The age of the students varies between 14-17 years. To assess the levels of suicidal ideation of adolescents, suicidal ideation rating scale by P.N. Sharma et al., 2020 was used and to assess the mindfulness, mindful attention awareness scale for adolescents by Brown et al., 2011 was used. To find out the resilience levels, resilience scale by Wagnild and Young (1993) was implemented. Results: The results of the study have demonstrated that mindfulness and resilience can be important indicators in predicting suicidal ideation among adolescents. In addition to this, it can be said that enhancing mindfulness and resilience among individuals make them more psychologically fit.
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