Influence of COVID-19 Pandemic Uncertainty in Negative Emotional States and Resilience as Mediators against Suicide Ideation, Drug Addiction and Alcoholism

Blanca Rosa García-Rivera, Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz, Ignacio Alejandro Mendoza-Martínez, Jesús Everardo Olguin-Tiznado, Pedro García-Alcaráz, Mónica Fernanda Aranibar and Claudia Camargo-Wilson
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Blanca Rosa García-Rivera: Faculty of Administrative and Social Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Ensenada 22890, BC, Mexico
Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz: Department of Industrial Engineering and Manufacturing, Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez, Ciudad Juarez 32310, CHI, Mexico
Ignacio Alejandro Mendoza-Martínez: Department of Graduate Studies, Universidad Anáhuac, Anáhuac 01840, DF, Mexico
Jesús Everardo Olguin-Tiznado: Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Design, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Ensenada 22860, BC, Mexico
Pedro García-Alcaráz: Agricultural Technology High School 148 (CBTA), Comala 28950, CL, Mexico
Mónica Fernanda Aranibar: Faculty of Administrative and Social Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Ensenada 22890, BC, Mexico
Claudia Camargo-Wilson: Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Design, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Ensenada 22860, BC, Mexico

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 24, 1-19

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: pandemics; uncertainty; emotional states; resilience; suicide ideation; drug addiction; alcoholism; faculty students (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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