@article{ref1,
title="Exploring the relationship between suicide vulnerability, impulsivity and executive functioning during COVID-19: a longitudinal analysis",
journal="Psychiatry research communications",
year="2022",
author="Rogerson, Olivia and Prudenzi, Arianna and O'Connor, Daryl B.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Public health emergencies increase the presence and severity of multiple suicide risk factors and thus may increase suicide vulnerability. Understanding how suicide risk factors interact throughout the course of a global pandemic can inform how to help the most vulnerable groups in society. The aims of the research were to explore the associations between, and changes in, suicide vulnerability, COVID-related stress, worry, rumination, executive functioning and impulsivity across the first 6 weeks of UK lockdown (1st April - May 17, 2020). 418 adults in the UK completed an online survey at three time points during the first lockdown (Time 1 (April 1-5th), Time 2 (April 15-19th April), Time 3 (May 13-17th). Impulsivity and executive functioning remained stable across the first six weeks of UK lockdown. COVID-related stress, worry, and rumination decreased throughout the 6 weeks. Suicide vulnerability was associated with greater impulsivity and poorer executive functioning. Sub-group analysis revealed individuals vulnerable to suicide reported worse COVID-related stress, poorer executive function and greater impulsivity than individuals who reported no suicide vulnerability. Individuals vulnerable to suicide appear to have experienced poorer executive functioning, greater impulsivity and COVID-related stress in the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2772-5987",
doi="10.1016/j.psycom.2022.100088",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psycom.2022.100088"
}