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 (N = 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 带来了社会和经济自杀风险因素的“完美风暴”。最近的研究证明了大流行对自杀率的初步影响，但尚未了解财务威胁和社会孤立的加剧如何预测自杀意念/行为，或哪些社会因素可以促进复原力。这项研究解决了这些缺点。 2020 年 5 月至 9 月进行的一项在线纵向调查研究（ N = 370）显示，与新冠病毒相关的财务困境预示着通过增加抑郁和孤独感而产生自杀想法和行为。家庭认同削弱了这些关系。我们的研究结果重申了社会因素在减少经济危机导致的精神疾病方面的重要性。