Self-harm in Prisons in Serbia: Correlates of Non-suicidal Self-injury and Suicide Attempts

Nikola Drndarević; Đorđe Volarević; Ljeposava Ilijić

doi:10.47152/ziksi2025031

Autori

Nikola Drndarević Institut za kriminološka i sociološka istraživanja, Beograd, Srbija https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2557-1056
Đorđe Volarević Institut za kriminološka i sociološka istraživanja, Beograd, Srbija https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5087-483X
Ljeposava Ilijić Institut za kriminološka i sociološka istraživanja, Beograd, Srbija https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5090-1489

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47152/ziksi2025031

Ključne reči:

samopovređivanje, nesuicidalno samopovređivanje, pokušaj suicida, osuđena lica, zatvor, Srbija

Apstrakt

Samopovređivanje, koje obuhvata nesuicidalno samopovređivanje (Non-Suicidal Self-Injury, NSSI) i pokušaje suicida (Suicide Attempts, SA), visoko je zastupljeno među zatvorskom populacijom, ali do sada nijedno istraživanje nije ispitivalo njihovu povezanost i korelate u zatvorima u Srbiji. Ovo istraživanje obuhvatilo je 609 osuđenih lica iz pet kazneno-popravnih ustanova, a sprovedeno je u okviru nacionalnog projekta PrisonLIFE. Prevalenca NSSI i SA iznosila je 17% i 9%, pri čemu je 73% osoba koje su se samopovređivale takođe prijavilo pokušaj suicida. Korelati su ispitivani kroz četiri domena: sociodemografski (npr. pol, starost, obrazovanje), institucionalni (npr. izolacija, disciplinske mere, produženo vreme provedeno u ćeliji, izostanak poseta, neangažovanost na radu), kriminogeni (npr. nasilna krivična dela, povratništvo, rani početak kriminalne aktivnosti, zloupotreba psihoaktivnih supstanci pre zatvaranja, dužina kazne) i psihološki (npr. depresivna simptomatologija, agresivnost, prethodno psihološko lečenje). NSSI i SA pokazali su značajnu povezanost i zajedničke rizične faktore, naročito unutar psihološkog i institucionalnog domena. NSSI je dodatno povezan sa zloupotrebom droga pre zatvaranja i kriminalnom istorijom (npr. povratništvo, rani početak kriminalne aktivnosti), dok je SA snažnije povezan sa starijom životnom dobi, višim obrazovanjem i dužim trajanjem kazne. Ukupno posmatrano, nalazi ukazuju na značajno preklapanje ova dva oblika ponašanja, ali i na njihove različite obrasce koji sugerišu delimično nezavisne mehanizme.

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