THE FEELING OF LONELINESS AND ITS RELATION WITH SUICIDAL THOUGHTS IN COLLEGE STUDENTS

Abstract

The present research had the general objective of analyzing whether the feeling of loneliness is related to suicidal ideation through the application of two instruments that allow determining strategies that help strengthen the emotional health of young people through prevention programs. It was a cross-sectional descriptive quantitative study and a sample consisting of 106 university students with ages ranging from 18 to 35 and belonging to the 10 different educational programs wasused. The instruments were UCLA Loneliness Scale Version 3. The other was the Beck Suicidal Ideation Inventory. The results obtained show that there is no correlation between the variable feeling of loneliness and suicidal ideation, however, it was perceived that 60.4% of the young people surveyed presented a feeling of loneliness in a regular incidence and 26.4% in a high frequency. On the other hand, 69.8% indicated that they did not present suicidal ideation, however, 21.7% indicated the opposite in a regular frequency