IJERPH, Vol. 18, Pages 12891: Influence of COVID-19 Pandemic Uncertainty in Negative Emotional States and Resilience as Mediators against Suicide Ideation, Drug Addiction and Alcoholism

IJERPH, Vol. 18, Pages 12891: Influence of COVID-19 Pandemic Uncertainty in Negative Emotional States and Resilience as Mediators against Suicide Ideation, Drug Addiction and Alcoholism International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph182412891 Authors: Blanca Rosa García-Rivera Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz Ignacio Alejandro Mendoza-Martínez Jesús Everardo Olguin-Tiznado Pedro García-Alcaráz Mónica Fernanda Aranibar Claudia Camargo-Wilson This research uses structural equation modeling to determine the influence of uncertainty due to the COVID-19 pandemic as an independent variable in the negative emotional states and resilience (as mediating variables) vs. drug addiction, alcoholism, and suicide ideation as dependent variables in 5557 students from a public state university in Northern Mexico. The five variables are related through eight hypotheses and tested using partial least squares. We used an adapted questionnaire sent by email in May 2020. Findings show that uncertainty facing the COVID-19 pandemic had a direct and significant influence on negative emotional states and a significant inverse effect on resilience; in the trajectory, drug addiction and alcoholism, and suicide ideation are explained.
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