Suicidal and other behaviour problems among adolescents (aged 16-19) : An analysis of the perception of the problems by class tutoring teachers.

There is a relative dearth of studies made among Polish teachers concerning their perception and attitude towards adolescents with serious behaviour problems, despite the fact that both groups are indissolubly connected and dependent on each other. This phenomenon is even stronger when it comes to suicidal behaviour, which nowadays receives more attention than ever before. This study was conducted with a qualitative approach with semi-structured interviews. Twelve class-tutoring teachers from upper secondary schools level were interviewed about their perception of the suicidal and behavioral problems among adolescents and data were analyzed abductively. Nine subgroups of themes were created. Finally the themes were compared with the up-todate knowledge from a literature review in the field of schooling and suicidality. The study concluded that the perception of suicidal behaviour problems among adolescents by class tutoring teachers emerged as being not important or too far away from the general school system, despite the fact that teachers had experienced such behaviour