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CRISIS-THE JOURNAL OF CRISIS INTERVENTION AND SUICIDE PREVENTION
Volume 43, Issue 6, Pages 460-467Publisher
HOGREFE PUBLISHING CORP
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000814
Keywords
COVID-19; suicide ideation; Lithuania; Poland; risk factors
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- Lithuanian Research Council [S-COV-20-12]
- Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw - Ministry of Science and Higher Education [501D125-01-1250000 zlec. 5011000248, 501-D125-20-0004318]
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This study identified pandemic-related factors associated with suicidal ideation in Lithuania and Poland amid the COVID-19 pandemic. High levels of adjustment problems, loneliness, and burden due to staying at home more were significantly associated with suicide ideation in both countries, highlighting the importance of addressing these factors in suicide prevention efforts during the pandemic.
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic had an impact on many risk and protective factors associated with suicide. Aims: The aim of this study was to identify pandemic-related factors associated with suicidal ideation in the two European countries, Lithuania and Poland, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: The sample comprised 2,459 participants in both countries; 57.2% of the respondents were female. TheMage of the participants was 43.45 years (SD = 15.91). Pandemic-related stressors and adjustment problems were measured to assess associations with suicidal ideation. Results: High levels of adjustment problems, loneliness, and burden due to staying at home more during the COVID-19 pandemic were significantly associated with suicide ideation in both Lithuania and Poland. Limitations: This was a cross-sectional online study with different recruitment approaches in the two countries. Conclusion: Adjustment problems, loneliness, and stressors related to staying at home more could be important targets for suicide prevention amid the pandemic.
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