La Impulsividad y el Riesgo Suicida en Estudiantes de la Unidad Educativa Quisapincha de la Ciudad de Ambato

Abstract

The level of impact between the different types of impulsivity to present suicidal risk involves a correlation between these variables; the main objective of the research was to determine whether impulsivity is related in some way to suicide risk among students of that institution , in a population of 100 students ranging in age ranging from 10 to 25 years, the population chosen belongs to Education Unit " Quisapincha " located in canton Ambato. In the study the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale BISS- 11 which evaluates cognitive impulsivity type , motor and unplanned and Suicide Risk Scale Plutchik which discriminate subjects with attempted suicide was used. As a result it was found that there is a close relationship between impulsivity and risk of violence.