Motives for the crime of suicide in Jordanian society from the point of view of Mutah University students

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1 Associate Professor- Department of Social Sciences- Karak University College- Balqa Applied University-The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

2 2Department of Sociology- Faculty of Social Sciences- Mutah University- The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Abstract

The study aimed to investigate the social, economic, and psychological motives underlying Jordan's significant rate of suicide crime from the perspective of Mutah University students. To achieve the objectives of the study, a study instrument - a questionnaire - was developed and distributed to a sample of (467) respondents. The data was analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). The study resulted in several conclusions, the most notable of which was that the most common reasons for suicide are psychological, followed by economic, and finally social. According to the sample of the study, psychological, economic, and social motivations for suicide account for 74.90% of the reasons for high suicide. The study also found substantial discrepancies in the domains of (social and economic motives) related to gender, with the differences favoring males. Furthermore, the results showed that there were statistically significant differences in the fields of (social motives for suicide and economic motives for suicide) attributed to college, with the differences favoring students of scientific colleges, and that there were statistically significant differences in the fields of (social motives for suicide and economic motives for suicide) attributed to nationality, with the differences favoring Jordanians. As well as there were statistically significant differences in the field of (social motivations for suicide) based on the year of study, in favor of fourth-year students. The study recommends that Jordanian society focus on young people through universities, schools, and other institutions by providing seminars, lectures, and workshops, as well as implementing guidance programs on the dangers of suicide and its negative consequences for the individual, family, and society.

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