Abstract

Objective

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the mental health and wellbeing of populations across the world. This study aimed to examine: (1) which specific aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic were associated with the presence of suicidal thoughts and behaviors, and (2) the extent to which participants’ hopelessness and resilience moderated the relationship between COVID-19 related stress and suicidal thoughts and behaviors.

Method

We administered an online survey to 12,989 adult (16+) participants across Wales from the 9th June to the 13th July 2020. Participants completed a series of questionnaires measuring the stressors they had experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic, their levels of hopelessness over the past two weeks, their levels of resilience, and whether they had experienced suicidal thoughts or behaviors since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Results

Our findings revealed that: (1) food insecurity, domestic abuse, relationship problems, redundancy, social isolation and financial problems were the COVID-19 related stressors most strongly associated with suicidal thoughts and behaviors, and (2) that both hopelessness and resilience moderated the relationship between COVID-19 stress and suicidal thoughts, such that the relationship between COVID-19 stress and the presence of suicidal thoughts was much stronger for individuals with high hopelessness and low resilience.

Conclusions

These results highlight the aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic that are closely related to suicidal thoughts and behaviors and demonstrate the important role that hope for the future and resilience play in protecting individuals against the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Highlights

• Stressors caused by the pandemic are linked to increased suicidal thoughts.

• Hope protects individuals against the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Resilience also protects people from the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

中文翻译：

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希望和复原力在 COVID-19 大流行期间防止自杀念头和行为中的作用

摘要

客观的

COVID-19 大流行影响了全世界人民的心理健康和福祉。本研究旨在检查：(1) COVID-19 大流行的哪些具体方面与自杀念头和行为的存在有关，以及 (2) 参与者的绝望和复原力在多大程度上调节了 COVID-19 相关压力和自杀念头和行为。

方法

我们于 2020 年 6 月 9 日至 7 月 13 日对威尔士各地的 12,989 名成人（16 岁以上）参与者进行了一项在线调查。参与者完成了一系列问卷调查，测量他们在 COVID-19 大流行期间所经历的压力源，以及他们对过去的绝望程度过去两周，他们的复原力水平，以及自 COVID-19 大流行开始以来他们是否经历过自杀念头或行为。

结果

我们的研究结果表明：(1) 粮食不安全、家庭虐待、人际关系问题、裁员、社会孤立和财务问题是与自杀念头和行为最密切相关的 COVID-19 相关压力源，以及 (2) 绝望和复原力均有所缓和COVID-19 压力与自杀念头之间的关系，因此对于高绝望和低复原力的人来说，COVID-19 压力与自杀念头之间的关系要强得多。

结论

这些结果突出了 COVID-19 大流行与自杀念头和行为密切相关的方面，并证明了对未来的希望和复原力在保护个人免受 COVID-19 大流行的负面影响方面发挥的重要作用。

• 强调

• 大流行引起的压力源与自杀念头的增加有关。

• 希望保护个人免受 COVID-19 大流行的负面影响。

• 复原力还可以保护人们免受 COVID-19 大流行的负面影响。