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A CROSS-SECTIONAL RESEARCH TO IDENTIFY STRESS HANDLING STRATEGIES AND NEGATIVE SELF-DESTRUCTION INDICATORS LEADING TO SUICIDAL TENDENCIES

Ali Raza, Hammad ur Rehman, Ayesha Tabassum

Objective: To recognize the ways of dealing with stress as positive and negative indicators of self-destructive ideation among medicinal understudies. Method: This cross-sectional explanatory examination was directed from January to October 2017, and included understudies matured 19 – 25 years chose from 3 open division restorative universities situated in Lahore in Punjab area of Pakistan. Staggered blended techniques inspecting was utilized. Two institutionalized scales were utilized to evaluate the self-destructive ideation and methods for dealing with the stress of the members. Results: Of the 1200 subjects, 640 (53%) were guys and 560 (47%) were females. Self-diversion (p<0.05)), dynamic adapting (p<0.0001), utilization of enthusiastic help (p<0.05), utilization of instrumental help (p<0.001) positive reframing (p<0.0001), arranging (p<0.001), humor (p>0.05), acknowledgment (p<0.001) and religion (p<0.0001) were negative indicators of self-destructive ideation while disavowal (p<0.0001), substance use (p<0.05), venting (p>0.05) and self-fault (p<0.0001) were sure indicators of self-destructive ideation. Conclusion: A psycho-instructive program must be acquainted for therapeutic understudies to empowering them to embrace the correct adapting methodologies so as to deal with unpleasant circumstances. Keywords: Coping Strategies, Suicide, Medical Students.

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