A 16-month longitudinal investigation of risk and protective factors for mental health outcomes throughout three national lockdowns and a mass vaccination campaign: Evidence from a weighted Israeli sample during COVID-19

Hertz‐Palmor, Nimrod; Ruppin, Shachar; Matalon, Noam; Mosheva, Mariela; Dorman-Ilan, Shirel; Serur, Yaffa; Avinir, Asia; Mekori‐Domachevsky, Ehud; Hasson‐Ohayon, Ilanit; Gross, Raz; Gothelf, Doron; Pessach, Itai M.

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2023.115119

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“…Parents reported sociodemographic characteristics including age, sex, religion, and parent education. Since our study was conducted in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, we collected data on parents' income and whether the parent was recently laid off or put on unpaid leave due to COVID-19, to address pandemic-specific socioeconomic factors that may impact mental health on the familial level [26][27][28]. Parents were requested to report their income on a 5-point Likert scale, ranging from a lot below average to a lot above average.…”

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Contribution of Risk and Resilience Factors to Suicidality among Mental Health-Help-Seeking Adolescent Outpatients: A Cross-Sectional Study

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Background: Peer victimization is an established risk factor for youth suicidal thoughts and behavior (suicidality), yet most peer-victimized youth are not suicidal. More data are needed pertaining to factors that confer resilience to youth suicidality. Aim: To identify resilience factors for youth suicidality in a sample of N = 104 (Mean age 13.5 years, 56% female) outpatient mental health help-seeking adolescents. Methods: Participants completed self-report questionnaires on their first outpatient visit, including the Ask Suicide-Screening Questions, a battery of risk (peer victimization and negative life events) and resilience (self-reliance, emotion regulation, close relationships and neighborhood) measures. Results: 36.5% of participants screened positive for suicidality. Peer victimization was positively associated with suicidality (odds ratio [OR] = 3.84, 95% confidence interval [95% CI] 1.95–8.62, p < 0.001), while an overall multi-dimensional measure of resilience factors was inversely associated with suicidality (OR, 95% CI = 0.28, 0.11–0.59, p = 0.002). Nevertheless, high peer victimization was found to be associated with a greater chance of suicidality across all levels of resilience (marked by non-significant peer victimization by resilience interaction, p = 0.112). Conclusions: This study provides evidence for the protective association of resilience factors and suicidality in a psychiatric outpatient population. The findings may suggest that interventions that enhance resilience factors may mitigate suicidality risk.

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