Suicidal Ideation Of College Students In Relation To Academic Stress

This thesis focuses on university students in the Czech Republic, the central theme is the experience of academic stress and related suicidal ideation. Academic stress is a relatively new concept, based on mechanisms of general stress, but tied to a specific environment (Sedláková, 2021). Although stress affects all ages, this thesis focuses on adolescents and young adults who are vulnerable to academic stress specifically because it interferes with a significant part of their lives (Reddy et al., 2017). A recent study (Okechukwu et al., 2022) found that suicidal ideation in students is associated with increased academic stress, with greater student psychological resilience mitigating the tendency of academic stress to lead to suicidal ideation. Other research (Liang et al., 2020) also suggests that active coping or positive reframing is negatively associated with suicidal behaviour, in contrast to other coping styles. Therefore, we decided to examine academic stress with suicidal ideation, taking into account moderators of resilience and coping styles. The aim of this study is to research the association between academic stress and suicidal ideation in a Czech setting.