Differences in suicidal tendency risk levels of Filipino adolescents coming from varying economic status and birth order

• Main Authors: Santos, Katrina M., Subagan, Chester Y.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2002
• Subjects: Teenagers > Suicidal behavior > Philippines, Adolescent psychology; Psychology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/4171
• Institution: De La Salle University

This paper deals with the risk level of suicidal tendency of Filipino adolescents aged 15-24 coming from the different birth orders and economic status. Birth order and economic status were the two independent variables. It has three components, for the birth order: oldest, middle and youngest child and for the economic status elite, middle and lower class. The risk level of suicidal tendency of Filipino adolescents were measured through the S.P.I.P. (Suicide Potential Inventory for Filipinos) developed by Estanisnao (2001).