Introduction: Nowadays, there are many psychological problems among teenagers. One of the most tumultuous of these problems is suicide and suicidal thoughts among teenagers. Suicidal thoughts, and suicide among teenagers are on the rise. This issue shows the psychological problems of teenagers, which is expanding day by day and its dimensions are increasing.
This critical problem has various causes. One of the reasons can be virtual space. The virtual space isolates teenagers and slowly depresses them, and finally the teenager is surrounded by suicidal thoughts or even commits suicide. The purpose of this research is to investigate the relationship between the hours that teenagers spend in cyberspace and suicidal thoughts and suicide tendencies in teenagers. This research was conducted on some high school teenagers of Allameh Hali Mallard, a school of the National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents.
Methods: This research was conducted on high school teenagers aged 15 to 18 years. 38 teenagers were randomly selected and they were asked about the amount of time they spend on cyberspace. Then they were asked if they have suicidal thoughts or not and if they have ever committed suicide or not.
The amount of time teenagers spend in cyberspace, the percentage of people who are involved in suicidal thoughts and the percentage of people who have committed suicide can provide great information about the psychological problems of teenagers, its causes and its results. Because this research was conducted on a small number of teenagers, the data of this research are only close to reality and not exactly in accordance with reality. As a result, it can be said that a small percentage of the data has errors.
Results: Of the 38 teenagers on whom this research was conducted, 57.89% of them spend at least 2 hours of their time in cyberspace and 78.94% of them spend at least 1 hour of their time in cyberspace. 44.73% of these 38 teenagers are involved in suicidal thoughts and 3 of them have committed suicide. One of the people who committed suicide spends at least 8 hours of their time in cyberspace every day, and two other people spend 4 hours and 1 hour of their time in cyberspace daily.
Of the 17 people who have suicidal thoughts, 94.11% of them spend at least 1 hour of their time in cyberspace every day, and 58.82% of them spend at least two hours of their time in cyberspace every day. Of the 21 people who do not have suicidal thoughts, 57.14% of them spend at least two hours of their time in cyberspace every day, and 85.71% of them spend at least one hour of their time in cyberspace every day.
Conclusion: There is no deep and strong relationship between the amount of time spent in cyberspace, suicidal thoughts, and suicide. People who have suicidal thoughts spend slightly more time in cyberspace than people who do not have suicidal thoughts.