Academic Anxiety, Depression and Self-Efficacy as Predictors of Suicide Ideation among Adolescents

The aim of the research was to find out the predictors of suicide ideation among adolescents. The study was carried out at on a sample of 124 male and 156 female adolescent with age ranging from 14 to 17 years and mean age of 15 years. The sample was drawn from various educational institutes of three districts of Haryana, i.e., Kurukshetra, Hissar, and Fathehabad. Beck scale for suicide ideation, Academic anxiety scale for children, Child depression inventory and Self-efficacy questionnaire were used to gather the data. To identify the role of academic anxiety, depression and self-efficacy in predicting suicide ideation stepwise multiple regression was applied. Results revealed that depression and academic self-efficacy as the two strongest predictors of suicide ideation accounting 16% of the variance. Findings are discussed in the light of previous studies and implications are discussed.