Evaluation of coping skills with stress and the use of social support in people aged 15-25 years attempting suicide in Qom

The purpose of this study was to investigate stress coping skills and the use of social support in people aged 15-25 years who attempted suicide in Qom. The present study is a descriptive survey and correlation in terms of the purpose of applied research and in terms of data collection method. The statistical population of the present study is all people aged 15-25 years who committed suicide in Qom in 1400 and referred to clinics, counseling centers and hospitals in the number of 2640 people. The sampling method was simple random sampling. The sample size was determined to be 335 according to the Cochran's formula. Data collection tools included Andler and Parker (1990) Stress Management Questionnaire, Wax, Phillips, Holly, Thompson, Williams and Stewart (1986) Social Support Questionnaire, and May and Klonsky (2013) Suicide Action Questionnaire. In order to analyze the data and test the hypotheses, linear regression, chi-square, one-way analysis of variance and post hoc tests were used by SPSS21 statistical software. Findings indicate that the correlation between coping skills with stress and suicide attempt in people aged 15-25 years living in Qom is -0.417 and negative and according to the significance level is estimated to be equal to 0.000 It is smaller than the significant value, ie 0.05, so at a confidence level of 0.95%, it can be claimed that there is a negative and significant relationship between stress coping skills and suicide attempt in 15-25 year olds living in Qom. That is, with the increase of stress coping skills, the rate of suicide attempts among people aged 15-25 living in Qom decreases.