Department of Psychology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK.
J Health Psychol. 2021 Dec;26(14):2665-2675. doi: 10.1177/13591053211014597. Epub 2021 Jul 14.
COVID-19 provides a 'perfect storm' of social and economic suicide risk-factors. Recent research has evidenced an initial impact of the pandemic upon suicide rates, but has yet to understand how elevated financial threat and social isolation may predict suicide ideation/behaviour, or which social factors promote resilience. This study addressed these shortcomings. An online longitudinal survey study ( = 370) which took place from May to September 2020 showed COVID-related financial distress predicts suicidal thoughts and behaviour via increased depression and loneliness. Family identification attenuates these relationships. Our findings reaffirm the importance of social factors in reducing mental ill-health outcomes of economic crises.
COVID-19 提供了一个社会和经济自杀风险因素的“完美风暴”。最近的研究表明,大流行对自杀率产生了初步影响,但尚未了解经济威胁和社会隔离如何预测自杀意念/行为,或哪些社会因素促进了韧性。本研究解决了这些不足。一项从 2020 年 5 月至 9 月进行的在线纵向调查研究(n=370)表明,与 COVID 相关的经济困境会通过增加抑郁和孤独感来预测自杀念头和行为。家庭认同会减弱这些关系。我们的研究结果再次证实了社会因素在减轻经济危机对心理健康的影响方面的重要性。