Factors Associated With Suicide Ideation in Lithuania and Poland Amid the COVID-19 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:...

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Veröffentlicht in:Crisis : the journal of crisis intervention and suicide prevention 2022-12, Vol.43 (6), p.460-467
Hauptverfasser: Gelezelyte, Odeta, Dragan, Malgorzata, Grajewski, Piotr, Kvedaraite, Monika, Lotzin, Annett, Skrodzka, Magdalena, Nomeikaite, Auguste, Kazlauskas, Evaldas
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Zusammenfassung: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. The M age 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.
ISSN:0227-5910
2151-2396
DOI:10.1027/0227-5910/a000814