Existential bases of prevention of adolescent suicidality
Abstract
The article provides an overview of the ideas about the existential prerequisites of suicidal behavior in adolescents. The possibilities of applying an existential approach to the prevention of adolescent autoagression are considered. The article presents data from empirical studies that reveal the relationship between suicidality and the main existential categories: anxiety, meaning, and loneliness. The author reveals the specifics of understanding each of these categories as a protective personal mechanism of adolescents. A model of the formation of existential anxiety in adolescence is described. The role of existential anxiety, feelings of meaninglessness of life and loneliness in the existential crisis of a teenager is noted. The main existential methodology that contributes to the formation of projective personal factors is presented.
About the Author
A. A. Grigoryeva
V. Serbsky National Medical Research Centre for Psychiatry and Narcology
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Grigoryeva Alexandrina Andreevna – PhD Psyhol. Sci., Scientific Research Institute of Narcology
Kropotkinsky per., 25, Moscow, 119034
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Grigoryeva A.A. Existential bases of prevention of adolescent suicidality. Bulletin of psychotherapy. 2020;1(75):97-114. (In Russ.)
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