scholarly journals Suicidal Ideation Mediates the Relationship Between Affect and Suicide Attempt in Adolescents

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrés Rubio ◽  
Juan Carlos Oyanedel ◽  
Marian Bilbao ◽  
Andrés Mendiburo-Seguel ◽  
Verónica López ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Suicide Attempt ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Potential Effect ◽  
Positive And Negative Affect ◽  
School Students

Suicide, as one of the leading causes of death for the adolescent population, both in Chile and globally, remains a complex and elusive phenomenon. This research studies the association between positive and negative affect in relation with suicidal ideation and suicidal attempt, given that affectivity is a fundamental basis on which people make evaluations on their satisfaction with life. First, it examines the reliability, structure, and validity of Watson’s positive and negative affect scale (PANAS) scale in a representative random sample of Chilean high school students (N = 4,568). The scale evidences strong reliability coefficients and a confirmatory factor analysis, excluding one positive (excited) and one negative (nervous) item. The scale shows a satisfactory goodness of fit. Secondly, it investigates the association of PANAS positive and negative affect scores with suicidal ideation as well as reported attempt in adolescents, controlling for the potential effect of age and sex (N = 420 high school students). Low positive and high negative affect, but not sex and age, show a significant association with suicidal ideation. Suicidal ideation totally mediates the association of affect with suicide attempt, as expected. Results are discussed regarding prevention and it considers how positive and negative affect can be relevant as indicators for prevention and treatment using widely available technology.

Teaching Behavior and Positive and Negative Affect in High School Students: Does Students’ Race Matter?

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 334-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bridget Cauley ◽  
Patrick Pössel ◽  
Stephanie Winkeljohn Black ◽  
Lisa M. Hooper
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Positive And Negative Affect ◽  
School Students ◽  
Teaching Behavior

scholarly journals Developing an instrument for measuring the spiritual attitude of high school students

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Safa'at Ariful Hudha ◽  
Djemari Mardapi
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Operational Definition ◽  
School Students ◽  
Average Variance ◽  
Instrument Reliability ◽  
Spiritual Attitude

Attitudinal competence is one the most fundamental concepts in social psychology. It is related to personal identity, moral, and ethics that gains popularity and becomes important in educational development. This research aims to develop an instrument to measure the spiritual attitude of high school students. The study was a research and development study consisting of four stages: (a) determining conceptual definition, (b) determining operational definition, (c) drawing indicators, and (d) constructing instrument. The quantitative data analysis was used to test the construct validity through Confirmatory Factor Analysis and the coefficient of construct reliability was used to estimate the instrument reliability. The results of the study show that: (1) the instrument to measure Moslems’ spiritual attitude is an inventory model of summated rating scale containing 35 items; (2) the construct validity was proven by the value of the standardized loading factor and considered as significant. The instrument reliability regarded as the construct reliability coefficient is 0.890 and the average variance extracted is 0.542; (3) the construct of the instrument produces a fit statistical evidence indicated by the Goodness of Fit Index = 0.91 (≥0.90), and Root Mean Square Error of Approximation = 0.032 (≤0.08). The results indicate that the construct of the measurement is suitable with the data. In addition, this research has confirmed that the spiritual attitude of high school students is constructed by seven aspects, namely resignation (tawakal), sincerity (ikhlas), thankfulness (syukur), patience (shabr), fear (khauf), hopefulness (raja’), and righteousness (takwa).

Exploring the Intersections of Disability, Race, and Gender on Student Outcomes in High School

2020 ◽  
pp. 074193252094120
Author(s):  
Anjali J. Forber-Pratt ◽  
Gabriel J. Merrin ◽  
Dorothy L. Espelage
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Peer Victimization ◽  
School Connectedness ◽  
Self Report ◽  
School Students ◽  
Race And Gender ◽  
And Gender

This study explored the intersections of disability, race, sexual orientation, and gender on peer victimization, suicidal ideation, and school connectedness. Participants were 11,353 high school students aged 14 to 18 years ( MD =15.88, SD = 1.20). Of these individuals, 1,640 students self-identified as either having an Individualized Education Program (IEP) or as having a disability. Students completed online self-report measures. Results indicated that having a disability or identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or questioning (LGBQ) was associated with higher odds of suicidal ideation, higher levels of peer victimization, and lower levels of school connectedness across several racial categories. Moderation analyses examined the intersection of various identities. Findings indicate that differences exist among the intersection of disability, race, sexual orientation, and gender identities in relation to the outcomes of interest.

Multidimensional Perfectionism in a Sample of Jordanian High School Students

2013 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdul-Kareem M. Jaradat
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Academic Achievement ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽  
School Students ◽  
Counselling Services ◽  
High Standards ◽  
General Self Efficacy

Counsellors need to be able to understand perfectionism in students, and the different forms that this perfectionism may take, in order to provide their students with the appropriate counselling services. This study investigated gender differences in perfectionism, and examined the relationship of perfectionism to general self-efficacy, life-satisfaction, academic achievement and satisfaction with academic achievement among a sample of 419 high school students (47.0% female, 53.0% male). Data were collected using five scales: (1) The Almost Perfect Scale — Revised (APS-R; Slaney, Rice, Mobley, Trippi, & Ashby, 2001); (2) the General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES; Schwarzer & Jerusalem, 1995); (3) the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS; Diener, Emmons, Larsen & Griffin, 1985); (4) a single item scale for measuring satisfaction with academic achievement; and (5) a demographic information form. Results indicated that females are significantly more perfectionist than males. Adaptive perfectionists had higher self-efficacy, satisfaction with life, academic achievement and satisfaction with academic achievement than did both maladaptive perfectionists and nonperfectionists. Furthermore, there were no significant differences between maladaptive perfectionists and nonperfectionists on any of these variables. This implies that prevention and intervention programs should be designed to enable high school students to set realistically high standards.

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