Suicidal Ideation Among Adolescent Students A Situation of A Serious Concern

Volume 7, Issue 4, April – 2022 International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology
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Suicidal Ideation Among Adolescent Students:

A Situation of a Serious Concern
Rameez Ahmad Bhat1 Dr. Aamina Parveen 2
1
Ph.D. research scholar, Dept. of Education, University of Kashmir
2
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Education, University of Kashmir
Abstract:- Suicide as a 2nd leading cause of death among people in Western nations and 12-17 percent in Asian
adolescents has become a public health urgency countries (Sareen et al., 2005). In Asian cultures, the pooled
worldwide. Suicide is not a sudden act but is a continuum lifetime prevalence of suicidal ideation varies from 2.3 to
which starts with thoughts of ending one’s life (suicidal 23.6 percent, whereas in Western cultures, the prevalence
ideation). The purpose of this study is to find the incidence ranges from 3 to 15 percent. Adolescence is the period of life
of high level of suicidal ideation among adolescent in which people are mostly likely to experience suicidal
students in general and male and female adolescents in ideation, out of all the phases of development (Andrews &
particular. 2250 adolescent students studying in different Lewinsohn, 1992). According to a study conducted by
government higher secondary schools of district Reinherz et al (2006), adolescents who experience suicidal
Anantnag, Srinagar, and Baramulla were taken as the thoughts have a 12 times increased likelihood of committing
sample for the study using stratified random sampling suicide before the age of thirty years. Accordingly, it has
technique. The tool employed for assessing the incidence become critical to identify students who have high degree of
of high level of suicidal ideation was The Suicidal Ideation suicidal ideation in order to prevent them from formulating
Scale developed by Dr. Devendre Sing Sisoda and Dr. potentially life-threatening plans. The present study is an
Vibhuti Bhatnagar (2011). For analyzing the data exertion in this direction.
percentage statistics was used. The findings revealed that
6.48% of the respondents were having high suicidal A. Objective of the study
ideation and moreover female adolescent students were  To identify adolescent students with high level of suicidal
found to be more susceptible to high suicidal ideation than ideation.
males.  To study prevalence of high suicidal ideation among
adolescent students on the basis of gender.
Keywords:- Suicide, Suicidal Ideation, Incidence, Gender.
B. Research question
I. INTRODUCTION  What is the magnitude of suicidal ideation among
adolescent students in Kashmir?
Suicide has become a significant concern in Kashmir,  Is there any difference in prevalence of high suicidal
where it was formerly rare. NCRB (2010) recorded 248 ideation among male and female adolescent students?
suicides in Jammu and Kashmir, while over 287 persons
committed suicide in 2011. Suicide fatalities increased by C. The sample
43.3% in J &K in 2012, when 417 people were reported to As the target population for the current research study
have ended their life by committing suicide (NCRB, 2012). was adolescent students of Kashmir. The investigator used a
In 2019, 284 people committed suicide in J & K, accounting stratified random sampling to select 2250 adolescent students
for 2.1% of the state’s population of one lakh (NCRB, 2019). of class 11th (Government HSS only) from three major
While the suicide rate in J & K is lower than the national districts (Anantnag, Srinagar, and Baramulla) of Kashmir to
average of 10.8 percent per lakh people, it is a buzzing signal form sample of the present study.
to reflect.
D. Tools used
A small number of people consider suicide as a spur of Suicidal ideation scale by Sisoda and Bhatnagar was
the moment, but for the majority, it is a deliberate act used to assess the prevalence of high suicidal ideation among
motivated by extended periods of despair or horrible adolescent students. The scale categorizes suicidal ideation
circumstances (Jamison, 1999). It is believed that suicidal into five levels based on the range of scores. The scores
ideation is a prelude to suicidal conduct as well as a predictor between 25-30 shows very low suicidal ideation, 31-45 low
of future suicide attempts (Brent, 1989; Reynolds, 1988; suicidal ideation, 46-105 average suicidal ideation, 106-120
Smith and Crawford, 1986). Suicidal behaviour may be high suicidal ideation, and 121-125 shows very high suicidal
thought of as a continuum, with the first step being suicidal ideation. The scale has 25 items in which 4 items are negative
ideation, followed by planning, an attempt, and eventually and remaining 21 are positive.
committing suicide (Jena and Sidharta, 2004; Moscieki,
1997). Suicidal ideation, in contrast to suicide attempts, is far
more prevalent than we realize, affecting 11-14 percent of
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II. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION image, with higher number of male adolescent students
exhibiting suicidal thoughts than female students. The
Table 1 shows elevated suicidal ideation among disparity is due to differing cultural origins, greater concern
adolescent students in district Baramulla, Anantnag, and for females in district Srinagar than in Baramulla and
Srinagar. Suicidal ideation is considered higher in Anantnag. With the majority of parents in district Srinagar
adolescents whose score lies between 106-120 on the scale of being literate, parental engagement is more with female
suicidal ideation. In Anantnag district, 57 out of 753 adolescents. Exposure to counselling and difference in socio-
adolescent students exhibit significant suicidal ideation, economic status of the family also differ. Overall, female
which is the highest rate among the three districts examined adolescent students scored higher (7.58%) on a scale
by the researcher, followed by Baramulla (6.23%), and indicating a high degree of suicidal ideation than male
Srinagar (5.48%). The number of adolescent students with adolescents (4.64%).
significant thoughts of suicide is modest in Srinagar, yet it is
alarming. As per the objectives of this study, it was found that high
level of suicidal ideation is prevalent among 6.48% of the
Table 2 illustrates the significant incidence of suicidal total sample participants. The results of the current study are
thoughts among male and female adolescent students in the fairly comparable to those of Garrison et al (1991), who found
districts of Baramulla, Anantnag, and Srinagar. District that 5.5 percent of adolescent respondents had high degree of
Srinagar had the greatest number of male adolescent students suicidal ideation. Another research study that corroborates
with high degree of suicidal ideation (7.02%), followed by the present study’s findings was undertaken by Dubow et al
district Anantnag (4.95%) and Baramulla (3.13%). Female (1989), who found a high rate of suicidal ideation in 7.7% of
adolescent students from Anantnag (9.33%) had the greatest school going adolescents living in a semi-rural community.
proportion of strong suicidal ideation, followed by Baramulla Joffe, Offord, and Boyle (1988) discovered that suicidal
(8.17%) and Srinagar (4.73%). In district Baramulla and ideation was prevalent in between 5% and 10% of male and
Anantnag female adolescent students have high rate of 10% to 20% of female students.
suicidal ideation, but district Srinagar paints a contrasting
Table 1: Representing prevalence of high suicidal ideation among adolescent students

S. No District No. of students No. of students with high level of SI Percentage
1 Baramulla 914 57 6.23
2 Anantnag 753 57 7.56
3 Srinagar 583 32 5.48
Total 2250 146 6.48
Table 2: Showing prevalence of high suicidal ideation among male and female adolescent students
District No. of Students No. of students with high level of SI Percentage
Baramulla M 351 11 3.13

F 563 46 8.17
Anantnag M 303 15 4.95
F 450 42 9.33
Srinagar M 185 13 7.02
F 398 19 4.73
Total M 839 39 4.64
F 1411 107 7.58
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Suicidal Ideation Among Adolescent Students:

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Table 1: Representing prevalence of high suicidal ideation among adolescent students

Baramulla M 351 11 3.13

III. CONCLUSION REFERENCES

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