%0 Journal Article
%T Factors associated with suicide ideation in Lithuania and Poland amid the COVID-19 pandemic
%J Crisis
%D 2021
%A Gelezelyte, Odeta
%A Dragan, Malgorzata
%A Grajewski, Piotr
%A Kvedaraite, Monika
%A Lotzin, Annett
%A Skrodzka, Magdalena
%A Nomeikaite, Auguste
%A Kazlauskas, Evaldas
%V ePub
%N ePub
%P ePub-ePub
%X 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>
%G en
%I Hogrefe Publishing
%@ 0227-5910
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000814