Point of view Regional Factors leading to suicide from youth Study in Mosul

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the most important factors that lead to the growth of the phenomenon of suicide and its increasing rates in the city of Mosul from the point of view of the city's youth, and to come up with a set of recommendations for the study to reduce this dangerous phenomenon. The researcher used the descriptive analytical approach, and the study sample amounted to (125) young men (males and females) from the city of Mosul, selected by a simple random sampling method, and their ages were between (15-25) years. The researcher also used frequencies and percentages, and the study came out with the most important results:

1- That violence, family disintegration, and the bad relationship between the individual and the people around him are among the most important factors that push the individual to suicide. This paragraph came first, and the number of those who answered yes (76%).

2- Poverty, difficult living conditions and the increase in debts suffered by the individual came in second place for the factors that drive suicide, and the percentage of those who answered yes to the paragraph was (74.4%).

3- The item “Weakness of religious conviction and contentment with God’s decree and destiny” ranked third among the paragraphs, and the percentage of those who answered “yes” was (71.2%).