@article{ref1,
title="Factors associated with suicide ideation in Lithuania and Poland amid the COVID-19 pandemic",
journal="Crisis",
year="2021",
author="Gelezelyte, Odeta and Dragan, Malgorzata and Grajewski, Piotr and Kvedaraite, Monika and Lotzin, Annett and Skrodzka, Magdalena and Nomeikaite, Auguste and Kazlauskas, Evaldas",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic had an impact on many risk and protective factors associated with suicide. Aims: The aim of this study was to identify pandemic-related factors associated with suicidal ideation in the two European countries, Lithuania and Poland, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. <br><br>METHOD: The sample comprised 2,459 participants in both countries; 57.2% of the respondents were female. The M(age) of the participants was 43.45 years (SD = 15.91). Pandemic-related stressors and adjustment problems were measured to assess associations with suicidal ideation. <br><br>RESULTS: High levels of adjustment problems, loneliness, and burden due to staying at home more during the COVID-19 pandemic were significantly associated with suicide ideation in both Lithuania and Poland. Limitations: This was a cross-sectional online study with different recruitment approaches in the two countries. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Adjustment problems, loneliness, and stressors related to staying at home more could be important targets for suicide prevention amid the pandemic.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0227-5910",
doi="10.1027/0227-5910/a000814",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000814"
}