Victimización, polivictimización e ideación suicida en los adolescentes pertenecientes al sistema de justicia juvenil

• Sara Lorenzo-Latorre ^[1] ; José M. Andreu-Rodríguez ^[1] ; M. Elena de la Peña-Fernández ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad Complutense de Madrid

     Universidad Complutense de Madrid

     Madrid, España

     
• Localización: Anuario de psicología jurídica, ISSN 1133-0740, Nº. 36, 2026
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.5093/apj2025a13
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Victimization, polyvictimization, and suicide ideation in young offenders
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  • español

    La carga de violencia interpersonal a la que ciertos colectivos de riesgo se ven expuestos supone un problema para su salud mental. Por ello, el presente estudio explora el fenómeno de la polivictimización e ideación suicida en 62 adolescentes pertenecientes al sistema de justicia juvenil de Madrid mediante el JVQ y el MAYSI-2. El 96.8% de los menores afirman haber sufrido al menos un tipo de victimización a lo largo de sus vidas y un 40.3% presentan ideación suicida. Además, se encontraron niveles elevados de victimización sexual, por pares, por cuidadores e indirecta entre los adolescentes que presentaron ideación. Sin embargo, es la violencia indirecta el mejor predictor de ideación autolítica en el análisis de regresión, por encima de otras formas de victimización específicas e incluso de la polivictimización. Considerando la elevada prevalencia de la victimización y la asociación entre la violencia indirecta y la ideación suicida en delincuentes juveniles, se necesita diseñar protocolos de intervención en poblaciones vulnerables a la violencia interpersonal en la infancia y en la adolescencia.

  • English

    Interpersonal violence to which certain at-risk groups are exposed is considered a problem for their mental health. Along these lines, the present study explores the phenomenon of polyvictimization and suicidal ideation in 62 adolescents involved in the juvenile justice system of Madrid using JVQ and MAYSI-2. Lifetime victimization was reported by 96.8% of the overall sample, the most common being conventional crimes, followed by witnessing violence, and 40.3% reported suicidal ideation. Higher levels of sexual, peer, caregiver and indirect victimization were found among adolescents who presented suicidal ideation. However, it was indirect violence that proved to be the best predictor of suicidal ideation in the regression analysis, above other forms of specific violence and polyvictimization. In view of the high prevalence of victimization and the association between indirect violence and suicidal ideation in juvenile offenders, it is necessary to design intervention protocols with populations vulnerable to interpersonal violence in childhood and adolescence.

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