Abstract

GUIBERT REYES, Wilfredo  and  TORRES MIRANDA, Niurka. Intento suicida y funcionamiento familiar. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 2001, vol.17, n.5, pp.452-460. ISSN 0864-2125.

A case-control crosswise retrospective and analytical study was made from January to May, 2000 to characterize the family performance in individual who attempted to commit suicide in a health area located in Habana Vieja municipality. The sample was composed by 62 subjects and their respective families, 31 of them belonged to the study group and the rest to the control group. The circular semi-structured family interview and the family performance test were applied whereas family interactions were observed. It was found that family performance in individuals with attempted suicides was predominantly dysfunctional; the differential characteristics of family performance in suicidal persons were low adaptability(67.7%), low cohesion (70.9%) and lack of harmony (87.1%) and that all the essential family risk factors that are conductive to suicide were significantly present in the families of the suicides

Keywords : SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED [psychology]; FAMILY RELATIONS; RISK FACTORS.

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