Socio-emotional strengths against psychopathology and suicidal ideation in fear of COVID-19

Abstract

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has caused a global health crisis. It also leads to different types of psychosocial problems in society as a result of preventive health measures and the disease itself. Among others, psychopathological symptoms and suicide behaviors have increased. The PsicorecurSOS COVID-19 online protocol was designed. At baseline, 1020 Spanish adults were assessed, during confinement, for sociodemographics, fear of COVID-19, anxious-depressive symptoms, covitality, and suicidal ideation. Reliability, descriptive, and frequency analyses were carried out, and the computer tool SPSS PROCESS was used to carry out a conditional process analysis (model 59). A total of 595 participants were included (58.30% response rate from baseline; mean age = 37.18 [SD = 13.30]; 72.44% female). Regarding suicidal ideation, 12% responded differently to “never,” 19.3% exceeded the cutoff point on the anxiety scale, and 24% on the depression scale. Moderate mediation analysis explained 27% of the variance in suicidal ideation. In addition, the indirect effect of moderate mediation was significant (b = −.004, SE = .002 with the presence of covitality; and b = .01, SE = .003 absence of covitality). Sex and age did not influence the overall outcome of the model. The data from this study can serve as a starting point for generating social and health treatment initiatives based on self-examination of anxiety-depressive symptoms and increasing socio-emotional skills in order to prevent and alleviate the psychosocial effects of the pandemic.

Association between Social and Emotional Competencies and Quality of Life in the Context of War, Pandemic and Climate Change

“…The context in which the individual lives seems to play a key role in the acquisition and development of SECs [ 45 ]. According to Soto-Sanz et al [ 46 ], individuals with more SECs are more protected against the impact of disasters. Based on this premise, it was possible to verify in a sample of Portuguese individuals that they show a median perception of social and emotional competencies; they are high in self-awareness, which is followed by social awareness and pro-social behavior, self-management and motivation, and they are low in the decision-making domain.…”

Suicidal Ideation during the COVID-19 Pandemic among A Large-Scale Iranian Sample: The Roles of Generalized Trust, Insomnia, and Fear of COVID-19

“…To the best of the present authors’ knowledge, the contemporary evidence has supported the associations between fear of COVID-19, insomnia, and suicidal ideation during the COVID-19 pandemic [ 16 , 26 ]. However, there is a lack of empirical evidence regarding how generalized trust is associated with fear of COVID-19, insomnia, and suicidal ideation during the COVID-19 pandemic period.…”

“…In another study, fear of COVID-19 was significantly associated with suicidal ideation among 1013 English-speaking Americans [ 16 ]. Similarly, it was found that fear of COVID-19, together with psychological distress, explained 27% of the risk regarding suicidal ideation among 595 Spanish adults [ 26 ]. The relationship between fear and suicidal ideation has also been found in another coronavirus (i.e., SARS) [ 27 ].…”

Travel intentions of travelers in the COVID-19 context: The moderation of fear of COVID-19

“…Several tourism marketing scholars have explored the moderating role of fear of COVID-19 in the relationship between attitudes (satisfaction, engagement) and behavior Rather, 2021;Akhrani et al, 2022). However, most studies using fear of COVID-19 as a moderating variable have also focused on the mental health domain (Gasparro et al, 2020;Dymecka et al, 2021;Soto-Sanz et al, 2021). This study builds on the fear of COVID-19 definition by Ahorsu et al (2020).…”