Suicidal Ideation During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Investigating Mental Health, Covid-19 Health Beliefs, and News Media Consumption in the United States Population in the Year 2020
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13628881 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jennifer A Lueck (0000-0002-4495-5656, Texas A&M University, corresponding author), T Callaghan (0000-0002-9056-9123, Texas A&M University), Sebastian Scherr (0000-0003-4730-1575, Texas A&M University) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 88 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 1168-1180 |
| Publication date | 2021-12-18 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00302228211062361 |
| PMID | 34923875 |
| OpenAlex | W4200166845 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 18 |
This study examines the role of general news media consumption during COVID-19 in aggravating mental health and suicide risk in the US population. In a sample of U.S. adults ( N = 5,010), we investigated how mental health, COVID-19 health beliefs, and general news consumption influenced the odds of suicidal ideation using hierarchical logistic regression models. Both worsening mental health overall and specifically in regard to COVID-19 increased suicidal ideation. Perceived susceptibility to COVID-19 infection did not increase suicidal ideation, yet higher levels of COVID-19 self-efficacy reduced suicidal ideation. Overall news consumption did not affect suicidal ideation, but media-specific post-hoc analyses revealed that TV news watching decreased suicidal ideation as much as high levels of COVID-19 self-efficacy decreased suicidal ideation. Furthermore, online news consumption increased suicidal ideation as much as worsening mental health overall increased suicidal ideation. Further implications are discussed
Advertising · Affect (linguistics · Consumption (sociology · Environmental health · Logistic regression · Media consumption · Mental health · Odds · Poison control · Population · Psychiatry · Sociology · Suicidal ideation · Suicide prevention · Clinical Psychology · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Internal Medicine · Media Influence and Health · Medicine · Psychology
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Cognition and Depression
The Role of the Media and Media Hypes in the Aftermath of Disasters
Use of mass media campaigns to change health behaviour
Breaking news
The novel coronavirus (Covid-2019) outbreak
Role of media reports in completed and prevented suicide
Social disconnectedness, perceived isolation, and symptoms of depression and anxiety among older Americans (NSHAP)
A Brief Measure for Assessing Generalized Anxiety Disorder
The PHQ-9
Living with Television
Investigating the negative-cognitive-triad-hypothesis of news choice in Germany and South Korea
Long-term impact of celebrity suicide on suicidal ideation
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |