TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Financial distress and suicidal behaviour during COVID-19: family identification attenuates the negative relationship between COVID-related financial distress and mental Ill-health
JO  - Journal of health psychology
A1  - Stevenson, Clifford
A1  - Wakefield, Juliet Ruth Helen
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - COVID-19 provides a 'perfect storm' of social and economic suicide risk-factors. Recent research has evidenced an initial impact of the pandemic upon suicide rates, but has yet to understand how elevated financial threat and social isolation may predict suicide ideation/behaviour, or which social factors promote resilience. This study addressed these shortcomings. An online longitudinal survey study (N = 370) which took place from May to September 2020 showed COVID-related financial distress predicts suicidal thoughts and behaviour via increased depression and loneliness. Family identification attenuates these relationships. Our findings reaffirm the importance of social factors in reducing mental ill-health outcomes of economic crises.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1359-1053
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13591053211014597
ID  - ref1
ER  -