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The present study examined relation in suicidal ideation, loneliness, peer pressure and self-efficacy among adolescents. The sample of the present study was comprised of 300 participants (150 girls and 150 boys) in the age range of 15 to 25 years. Suicidal ideation scale (Reynolds, 1987), peer pressure scale (Singh & Saini, 2010), ULCA Loneliness Scale and General self-efficacy (Schwarzer & Jerusalem, 1995) scales were used to assess suicidal ideation, loneliness, peer pressure and self-efficacy among adolescents. The finding reveals that suicidal ideation in girls are negatively related with father bonding (r = -.287, p<.01), optimism level (r = -.185, p<.05), and positively related with academic stress (r = .295, p<.01) and peer pressure. The results indicated that Suicidal ideation in boys are negatively related with father bonding (r = -.175, p<.01), optimistic level (r = -.284, p < .01), mother bonding and positively related with academic stress (r = .414, p<.01), peer relations, suicidal ideation.
Keywords: suicidal ideation, loneliness, peer pressure, self-efficacy
Rates of suicide are not distributed equally throughout the general population. One important demographic marker of suicide risk is age. Globally, suicide rates tend to increase with age, although some countries such as Canada have also recently seen a secondary peak in young people aged 1524 years. The rates ranged from 0.9 per 100 000 in the group aged 514 years to 66.9 per 100 000 among people aged 75 years and older. In general, suicide rates among those aged 75 years and older are approximately three times higher than those of youngpeople aged 1524 years. This trend is found for both sexes, but is more marked among men. For women, suicide rates present differing patterns. In some cases, female suicide rates increase steadily with age, in others the rates peak in middle age, and in yet others, particularly in developing countries and among minority groups, female rates peak among young adults (Krug et al., 2002). Adolescent suicidal ideation and its relationship to other variables was tapped by a self-report questionnaire administered to 88 high school seniors. Eighteen percent responded positively to the statement "sometimes I feel suicidal." Those who reported suicidal ideation were found to differ from those who did not on a number of variables, including family relationships (quality...