Predicting suicidal behavior is one of the most challenging tasks in mental health-related disciplines. We addressed this noteworthy issue in young Argentinean people, since suicidal behavior is an increasing albeit meagerly studied phenomenon throughout this country. We aimed to compare mental health-related variables, impulsivity-related traits, and main demographic variables between groups with and without suicide attempt history and to assess potentially affecting factors related to increasing suicidal risk in each group. A cross-sectional sample of 451 young college students (M_age = 21.74) answered online self-reported questionnaires. Differences and multiple linear regression analyses were performed. The group with suicide attempt history had worst scores in all mental health-related variables (suicidal risk, psychological discomfort, social functioning and coping, depression, anxiety, and alcohol-related consequences), higher positive urgency and (lack of) premeditation, and higher frequency of mental disorder history, than their counterparts without suicide attempt history. The best-fitted model to predict suicidal risk for this group included the following: psychological discomfort, social functioning and coping, depression, anxiety, negative alcohol-related consequences, positive urgency, and (lack of) premeditation. In the group without suicide attempt history, the best-fitted model included the following: sex, age, psychological discomfort, social functioning and coping, depression, anxiety, negative urgency, and (lack of) premeditation. Both depression and anxiety demonstrated to be the most relevant predictors of suicidal risk irrespective of suicide attempts. In addition to depression and anxiety, other predictors seem to act upon producing or restraining such outcomes. Our findings suggest that such predictors may be negative alcohol-related consequences and the positive and negative urgency impulsivity-related traits.

预测自杀行为是与心理健康相关学科中最具挑战性的任务之一。我们在阿根廷年轻人中解决了这个值得注意的问题，因为自杀行为是一个越来越多的现象，尽管在整个国家中，人们对其进行的研究很少。我们旨在比较有和没有自杀未遂史的人群之间与心理健康相关的变量，与冲动相关的特征以及主要的人口统计学变量，并评估每组中与自杀风险增加相关的潜在影响因素。451名青年大学生（中_龄）的横断面样本 = 21.74）回答了在线自我报告的调查问卷。进行差异和多元线性回归分析。自杀未遂史组在所有与心理健康相关的变量中（自杀风险，心理不适，社会功能和应对方式，抑郁，焦虑和酗酒相关的后果）得分均最差，积极的紧迫性和（未曾有过）冥想，以及与没有自杀未遂史的同行相比，精神障碍史的发生频率更高。预测该人群自杀风险的最合适模型包括：心理不适，社交功能和应对，抑郁，焦虑，与酒精有关的不良后果，紧急紧迫感和（缺乏）冥想。在没有自杀未遂史的人群中，最合适的模型包括：性别，年龄，心理不适，社交功能和应对方式，抑郁，焦虑，急迫性和（缺乏）冥想。无论自杀尝试如何，抑郁和焦虑都被证明是自杀风险的最相关预测因子。除了抑郁和焦虑外，其他预测因素似乎也会对产生或抑制此类结果产生作用。我们的发现表明，此类预测因素可能与酒精相关的不良后果以及与冲动性相关的积极和消极特征。其他预测因素似乎在产生或限制这种结果时起作用。我们的发现表明，此类预测因素可能与酒精相关的不良后果以及与冲动性相关的积极和消极特征。其他预测因素似乎在产生或限制这种结果时起作用。我们的发现表明，此类预测因素可能与酒精相关的不良后果以及与冲动性相关的积极和消极特征。