Influence of Covid-19 Pandemic Uncertainty in Negative Emotional States and Resilience as Mediators against Suicide Ideation, Drug Addiction and Alcoholism

Bibliographic Data

ID15497305
AuthorsBlanca Rosa García Rivera (0000-0003-3114-4114, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, corresponding author), J L García-Alcaraz (0000-0002-7092-6963, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, corresponding author), Ignacio Alejandro Mendoza-Martínez (0000-0002-0848-8720, Universidad Anáhuac), Jesús Everardo Olguín Tiznado (0000-0002-6205-0973, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California), Pedro García Alcaraz (0000-0003-0341-4463, Agricultural Technology High School 148 (CBTA), Comala 28950, CL, Mexico), Mónica Fernanda Araníbar (0000-0002-9556-4137, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California), Claudia Camargo Wilson (0000-0001-9102-3694, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California)
Year2021
Volume18
Issue24
Pages12891-12891
Publication date2021-12-07
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph182412891
PMID34948502
OpenAlexW4200499751
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited66

This research uses structural equation modeling to determine the influence of uncertainty due to the COVID-19 pandemic as an independent variable in the negative emotional states and resilience (as mediating variables) vs. drug addiction, alcoholism, and suicide ideation as dependent variables in 5557 students from a public state university in Northern Mexico. The five variables are related through eight hypotheses and tested using partial least squares. We used an adapted questionnaire sent by email in May 2020. Findings show that uncertainty facing the COVID-19 pandemic had a direct and significant influence on negative emotional states and a significant inverse effect on resilience; in the trajectory, drug addiction and alcoholism, and suicide ideation are explained

Addiction · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Disease · Medical emergency · Pandemic · Poison control · Psychiatry · Psychological resilience · Statistics · Structural equation modeling · Suicidal ideation · Suicide prevention · Clinical Psychology · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Medicine · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Social Psychology · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies · Internal Medicine