Evaluation of Attitudinal Beliefs Held by Medical and Nursing Students Towards Suicidal Behavior

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dc.contributor.affiliationDivisión Académica Multidisciplinaria de Comalcalco, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, Comalcalco, Tabasco 86025, México.
dc.contributor.emailalfonso_tovillaz@yahoo.com.mx
dc.creatorGonzález-Castro, Thelma Beatriz
dc.creatorLópez-Narváez, María Lilia
dc.creatorFresán, Ana
dc.creatorTovilla-Zárate, Carlos-Alfonso
dc.creatorGenis-Mendoza, Alma Delia
dc.creatorNicolini, Humberto
dc.creatorSánchez de la Cruz, Juan Pablo
dc.creatorHernández-Díaz, Yazmín
dc.date2024
dc.date.accessioned2026-08-04T19:52:04Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.date.published2024
dc.descriptionA favorable attitude towards suicidal behavior is associated with an increased risk of suicidal behavior in youth populations. Hence, the aim of the present study was to analyze attitudinal beliefs about suicidal behavior among Mexican medical and nursing students. We also compared attitudinal beliefs about suicidal behavior according to the religious affiliation of the participants. Methods: This is a cross-sectional observational study. Attitudinal beliefs about suicidal behavior were assessed using the Attitudinal Beliefs Questionnaire about Suicide Behavior (CCCS-18). We evaluated personal and family histories of suicide using the Spanish version of the MINI International Neuropsychiatric Interview. Comparative analysis between nursing and medical students was performed, using Chi-square tests for categorical variables and Student t-tests for continuous variables. Results: A total of 195 (52.2%) medical students and 178 (47.8%) nursing students participated. Medicine students reported a higher prevalence of a family history of suicide attempts and knowing someone who had tried to die by suicide compared to nursing students (p = 0.001). Regarding attitudinal beliefs-specifically, suicide in terminal patients-medical students reported higher scores than nursing students (9.50 ± 5.91 vs. 11.23 ± 6.38, p < 0.001), while the latter exhibited higher scores in attitudinal beliefs related to suicide itself (9.55 ± 4.45 vs. 7.28 ± 4.09, p < 0.001). Both groups display similar scores when compared by religious affiliation. Conclusions: Our findings show differences in attitudinal beliefs about suicidal behavior between medical and nursing students. Medical students exhibited more positive responses toward suicide in terminal patients, while nursing students had higher values for attitudinal beliefs related to suicide itself. These results could be considered in the planning of health sciences curricula in order to positively impact future suicide prevention efforts. This study was retrospectively registered at the Universidad Juarez Autónoma de Tabasco, with the registration number 20240063 on 8 June 2024.
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dc.identifierOE48IC2025
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/nursrep14040261
dc.identifier.eissn2039-4403
dc.identifier.issn2039-439X
dc.identifier.organizacionInstituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz
dc.identifier.placeSuiza
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.inprf.gob.mx/handle/123456789/216
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/nursrep14040261
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.relation14(4):3575-3584
dc.relation.jnabreviadoNURS REP
dc.relation.journalNursing Reports
dc.rightsAcceso Cerrado
dc.subject.kwAttitudinal beliefs
dc.subject.kwMedical
dc.subject.kwNursing
dc.subject.kwStudents
dc.subject.kwSuicide
dc.titleEvaluation of Attitudinal Beliefs Held by Medical and Nursing Students Towards Suicidal Behavior
dc.typeArticulo

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