Associated factors with suicide's attempt among Brazilian University students: a multi-level analysis
International Journal of Development Research
Associated factors with suicide's attempt among Brazilian University students: a multi-level analysis
Received 10th October, 2021; Received in revised form 29th November, 2021; Accepted 16th December, 2021; Published online 30th January, 2022
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To estimate the prevalence and factors associated with attempted suicide among university students. A cross-sectional study (n=1,252) carried out at the Federal University of Catalao. A multilevel analysis was carried out considering level I: individual variables, level II: the city of origin as context variable, to verify the association between attempted suicide and sociodemographic dimensions, illness/violent behavior and the use and abuse of alcohol and other drugs.The sample consisted of 1,252 individuals for the dependent variable suicide attempt; the prevalence was 20.02% of the individuals answering that they had already attempted suicide. After the multilevel analysis, it associated the following variables: agnostic, sexual abuse, anxiety, depression, use of hypnotics, friends who consume alcohol, first cigarette smoked at age <10, and parents who smoke. The findings of this study indicated the high prevalence of attempted suicide among university students and its association with the variables that refer to the fragility of university students.
