EXPLORING THE STRESSFUL LIFE EVENTS AMONG ADOLESCENTS WITH HIGH SUICIDAL IDEATION AND NON SUICIDAL IDEATION

Rashi Rastogi; Dr. Chandra kumari

Volume : V, Issue : XI, November - 2016

EXPLORING THE STRESSFUL LIFE EVENTS AMONG ADOLESCENTS WITH HIGH SUICIDAL IDEATION AND NON SUICIDAL IDEATION

Rashi Rastogi, Dr. Chandra Kumari

Abstract :

Suicidal Ideation may serve as an indicator of suicidal behavior. The present study has been done to compare stressful life events among adolescents with high and non suicidal ideation. Sample of the study drawn from different schools of Meerut by using random sampling. The participants were assessed with suicidal ideation questionnaire (Renolds, 1988) and Stressful life events scale (Aggarwal S., 2007). SPSS version 20.0 for windows was used to analyze and interpret the data. The data were analyzed by frequency, percentage, Mean, Standard Deviation,�t� value. The result demonstrated that the level of stressful life events were higher among high suicidal adolescents rather than non suicidal ideation adolescents