摘要:This study established the relationship between depression, self-esteem and suicidal ideation among adolescent students in vocational middle Santa Marta. The evaluation was conducted through the Beck Depression Inventory; the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale; Scale for Suicidal Ideation Beck. In addition to a sociodemographic questionnaire. The sample consisted of 242 students aged 15 to 19 years (average = 15 DesvTip = 15.3), selected through stratified random sampling. The results show that there is a relationship between suicidal ideation and depression (r = 0.295 Sig = 0.00) and with low self-esteem (r = -0.209 Sig = 0.00). Among the main findings is that adolescents with higher self-esteem and low depression have less chance of suicidal ideation.