The Development of Suicidal Thoughts in Adolescence – Article by the MUSA Group for Scientific Reports – Nature
According to a study by the MUSA research group (Social Change, Evaluation and Methods), suicidal thoughts now affect approximately half of Italian adolescents.
The article The developmental process of suicidal ideation among adolescents: social and psychological impact from a nation-wide survey – just published in Nature’s Scientific Reports journal – investigates the mechanism that leads to the development of such thoughts.
From the survey conducted by Antonio Tintori, Loredana Cerbara and Giulia Ciancimino, IRPPS, with Maurizio Pompili, UniSapienza, and Gianni Corsetti, ISTAT, the psychological distress that fuels suicidal thoughts does not constitute the origin of the problem, which is instead found in particular dynamics of social interaction and specific socio-demographic characteristics.
The interdisciplinary epistemological approach adopted has also made it possible to show how factors usually considered influential, such as tolerance to the use of alcohol and psychotropic substances in general, are in fact only secondary in explaining the phenomenon.
Read the CNR press release and the article The developmental process of suicidal ideation among adolescents: social and psychological impact from a nation-wide survey.
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