@article{ref1,
title="Suicidal risk and impulsivity-related traits among young Argentinean college students during a quarantine of up to 103-day duration: longitudinal evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic",
journal="Suicide and life-threatening behavior",
year="2021",
author="López Steinmetz, Lorena Cecilia and Fong, Shao Bing and Godoy, Juan Carlos",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="AIM: This study aimed to examine longitudinal changes on suicidal risk levels, adjusting for impulsivity-related traits, quarantine duration, main demographic factors, mental disorder history, and loneliness, in young Argentinean college students with (ideation; attempt) and without suicidal behavior history, during a quarantine of up to 103-day duration of the COVID-19 pandemic. <br><br>METHODS: A longitudinal design with two-repeated measures was used (N = 1202). Follow-up was a month later from the first measurement. Three groups were analyzed: with suicidal ideation history, with suicide attempt history, and without suicidal behavior history. <br><br>RESULTS: Percentages of college students with high or moderate suicidal risk were alarming (accumulated: 62.23% first measurement, 57.65% second measurement). Multilevel analysis on the three groups showed that suicidal risk diminished from the first measurement to the follow-up, having mental disorder history predicted higher suicidal risk, and negative urgency had the largest increasing effects on suicidal risk which persisted over time. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Suicidal risk widely affects college students during lengthy quarantines of the COVID-19 pandemic and it should be tracked in those having pre-existing vulnerabilities, but also in those without. Education on managing negative emotions may help decrease suicide risk in college students during the COVID-19 pandemic.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0363-0234",
doi="10.1111/sltb.12799",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12799"
}