| Abstract | Cilj ovog diplomskog rada bio je utvrditi odnos 5C modela pozitivnog razvoja mladih, točnije njegovih karakteristika (kompetencije, samosvijest, karakter, povezanost s drugima, brižnost) sa simptomima suicidalnosti kod adolescenata u Hrvatskoj. Uz navedeno, ispitane su i spolne razlike u iskazivanju suicidalnih simptoma.
Istraživanje je provedeno u okviru većeg znanstvenog projekta „Testiranje 5c modela pozitivnog razvoja mladih: tradicionalno i digitalno mobilno mjerenje (P.R.O.T.E.C.T.)“ od strane Edukacijsko-rehabilitacijskog fakulteta, a u ovom radu korišten je uzorak koji broji 313 učenika prvih razreda srednjih škola.
Suicidalni rizik ispitan je pomoću subskale Upitnika razvojnih prednosti koja ispituju simptome suicidalnosti (eng. Developmental Assets: A Profile of Your Youth; Search Institute, 2018). Kako bi se ispitale pozitivne razvojne karakteristike mladih korištena je Kratka verzija „Upitnika pozitivnih karakteristika mladih“ (eng. Positive Youth Development Questionnaire – short form, PYD-SF; Geldhof i sur., 2014).
Dobiveni rezultati ukazuju na to da 64,2% adolescenata ne izražava nikakve simptome suicidalnosti, ali i na zabrinjavajuć podatak da nešto više od 1/3 adolescenata (točnije 35,8%) izražava određenu suicidalnu simptomatologiju. Također, 23,3% adolescenata izvještava o samoozljeđivanju, dok njih 76,7% isto niječe te njih 26,2% izvještava o ozbiljnom razmatranju mogućnosti počinjenja suicida, a njih 73,8% o istome ne izvještava. Nadalje, rezultati ukazuju na to da je 15,3% adolescenata izradilo plan o počinjenju suicida te da je 6,4% adolescenata imalo pokušaj suicida. Nije utvrđena statistički značajna razlika u razini iskazanih simptoma suicidalnosti s obzirom na spol sudionika, iako je deskriptivnom analizom vidljiva veća zastupljenost svih pojedinih simptoma suicidalnosti kod djevojaka u odnosu na mladiće. Utvrđeno je da postoji statistički značajna negativna povezanost između karakteristika pozitivnog razvoja mladih (samosvijest, povezanost, kompetencije, karakter) i simptoma suicidalnosti, odnosno da adolescenti koji imaju razvijenije karakteristike pozitivnog razvoja mladih iskazuju manje simptoma suicidalnosti. Međutim, takva povezanost nije utvrđena kad je riječ o odnosu između brižnosti i suicidalnosti. |
| Abstract (english) | The aim of this thesis was to determine the relationship of the 5C model of positive youth development – i.e., its characteristics (competence, character, connection, caring, confidence) – with the symptoms of suicidality amongst Croatian adolescents. In addition, sex differences in the manifestation of suicidal symptoms were examined.
The research was conducted as a part of the larger scientific project "Testing 5c models of positive youth development: traditional and digital mobile measurement (P.R.O.T.E.C.T..)” conducted by the Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences in Zagreb. For the purposes of this research, a sample of 313 pupils (high-school freshmen) has been examined.
Suicidal risk was examined using the subscale of the developmental assets questionnaire Developmental Assets: A Profile of Your Youth, which examines the symptoms of suicidality (Search Institute, 2018). In order to examine the positive developmental characteristics of young people, Positive Youth Development Questionnaire – short form (PYD-SF; Geldhof et al., 2014) was used.
The obtained results indicate that 64,2% of adolescents do not express any symptoms of suicidality, but also point to worrying evidence that just over 1/3 of adolescents (35,8% to be exact) manifest a certain suicidal symptomatology. What is more, while 23,3% of adolescents report self-harm, 76,7% deny the same and 26,2% report serious consideration of the possibility of committing suicide, and at the same time 73,8% do not report it. Furthermore, the results indicate that 15,3% of adolescents developed a suicide plan and that 6,4% of adolescents had a suicide attempt. There was no statistically significant difference in the level of expressed symptoms of suicidality in relation to the sex of the participants, although descriptive analysis shows a greater prevalence of all individual symptoms of suicidality in young women as compared to young men. The study shows that there is a statistically significant negative correlation between the characteristics of positive youth development (confidence, connection, competence, character) and symptoms of suicidality, i.e. that adolescents who have more developed characteristics of positive youth development show fewer symptoms of suicidality. However, that kind of relationship has not been established as far as the relationship between caring and suicidality is concerned. |
