FUTURE EDUCATORS' PERCEPTIONS OF THE CAUSES OF SUICIDE AMONG YOUTH

Abstract

The article analyzes conceptual theories and approaches to studying the problem of juvenile suicide, substantiates the understanding of suicide as a pathological form of socio-psychological maladaptation; identifies the psychological foundations of the concepts of "socio-psychological maladaptation", "auto-aggression", "suicide", "suicidal activity", "suicidal behavior"; characterizes the socio-psychological determinants of suicidal behavior, individual psychological characteristics of the suicide victim's personality in order to more fully disclose the complex mechanisms of maladaptation of adolescents and youth prone to suicide, and identify the reasons that push young people to suicide. The ideas of future teachers about the factors of the emergence and course of suicidal behavior are studied, and gender and age aspects of the attitude to the causes of suicide among students are considered in order to develop means of prevention and prophylaxis of auto-aggression in adolescents and youth.

A comparative analysis of students' assessments of the likelihood of suicide causes depending on their gender and age did not reveal significant differences in the views of boys and girls on most of the causes. Statistically significant differences were found in the assessment of the cause of "HIV/AIDS" by boys and girls: girls exaggerate the importance of this cause, while boys do not consider it important (t = 2.15 at p < 0.05).

There are significant age differences in the analysis of the significance of the following causes of suicide by junior and senior students: “real or imagined loss of parental love, unrequited love, jealousy” (t = 2.37 at p < 0.05), “alcoholism, drug addiction, abuse of toxic drugs” (t = 2.5 at p < 0.05), “emotional, mental, physical, sexual abuse by adults” (t = 2.53 at p < 0.05) and “somatic illness (physical illnesses)” (t = 1.79 at p < 0.05).