Prerequisites of suicidal behavior in children and adolescents of indigenous peoples of Siberia: cognitive risk factors (part II)

Introduction. Cognitive risk factors for suicidal behavior were revealed in adolescents of Siberian indigenous peoples: dysfunctional attitudes, a tendency to excessive generalization, a subjective feeling of insolubility of life's difficulties. However, the importance of cognitive factors in the formation of suicidal behavior is not limited to a distorted cognitive scheme, but covers a wider range of mental processes. Aim of the study is to study the features of cognitive processes in indigenous populations of Siberia (Yakuts, Evens, Evenks, Altai, Agin Buryats and Tuvans), in comparison with the Eastern Slavs. The object of the study and research methods. The children of 9-10 years of age, the students of secondary schools living in rural areas, in the national subjects of the Russian Federation, a total number of 779 people were examined. Among them there are 180 Yakuts, 49 Evens and Evenks, 135 Altai, 154 Agin and Buryats, 98 Tuvinians, 163 Slavs from the East. The mean age was 9...