Benue State University, Makurdi

SUICIDAL IDEATION AMONG UNDERGRADUATES: THE PREDICTING ROLE OF LEARNED HELPLESSNESS, FEAR OF NEGATIVE EVALUATION AND IMPAIRED FAMILY RELATIONSHIP.

Bushura Afolabi Aroyewun; Oscar Victor Oyogho & Halimah Taiwo Kazeem

Abstract

In West Africa, the topic of suicide is often relegated to the background, spoken in hush tones with little or no understanding of the phenomenon and how best to study it and find solutions to it. While there are a lot of factors that could lead to the development of suicidal ideation, this study sought to understand the role of learned helplessness, fear of negative evaluation, and impaired family relationship as predictors of suicidal ideation among young undergraduate students. A total of 332 participants, with 114 males and 218 females were recruited for the study, with all participants being undergraduates. The study was done using questionnaires arranged into 5 sections to measure the variables under consideration. A total of four hypotheses were tested using Pearson Product Moment Correlation and Regression analysis. Results showa correlation between all variables tested, with learned helplessness, fear of negative evaluation and impaired family relationship predicting suicidal ideation.

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