Pandemic Grief and Suicidal Ideation in Latin American Countries: A Network Analysis
Date Issued
2024
Author(s)
Caycho-Rodríguez
T Baños-Chaparro
J Ventura-León
J Lee
SA Vilca
LW Carbajal-León
C Yupanqui-Lorenzo
DE Valencia
PD Reyes-Bossio
M Oré-Kovacs
N Rojas-Jara
C Gallegos
M Polanco-Carrasco
R Cervigni
M Martino
P Lobos-Rivera
ME Moreta-Herrera
R Segura
DAP Samaniego-Pinho
A Figares
AB Puerta-Cortés
DX Camargo
A Torales
J Blanco
JAM González
P Smith-Castro
V Petzold-Rodriguez
O Calderón
R Rivera
WYM Ferrufino-Borja
D Muñoz-del-Carpio-Toia
A Palacios
J Burgos-Videla
C León
AMEF Vergara
I Vega
D Schulmeyer
MK Rios
HTU Lira
AEL Barria-Asenjo
NA Ayala-Colqui
J Hualparuca-Olivera
Atacama
DOI
10.1177/00332941241231209
Abstract
This study aimed to characterize the network structure of pandemic grief symptoms and suicidal ideation in 2174 people from eight Latin American countries. Pandemic grief and suicidal ideation were measured using the Pandemic Grief Scale and a single item, respectively. Network analysis provides an in-depth characterization of symptom-symptom interactions within mental disorders. The results indicated that, "desire to die," "apathy" and "absence of sense of life" are the most central symptoms in a pandemic grief symptom network; therefore, these symptoms could be focal elements for preventive and treatment efforts. Suicidal ideation, the wish to die, and the absence of meaning in life had the strongest relationship. In general, the network structure did not differ among the participating countries. It identifies specific symptoms within the network that may increase the likelihood of their co-occurrence and is useful at the therapeutic level. C1 [Caycho-Rodriguez, Tomas; Banos-Chaparro, Jonatan] Univ Cient Sur, Fac Psicol, Lima, Peru. [Ventura-Leon, Jose] Univ Privada Norte, Fac Ciencias Salud, Lima, Peru. [Lee, Sherman A.] Christopher Newport Univ, Dept Psychol, Newport News, VA USA. [Vilca, Lindsey W.; Carbajal-Leon, Carlos] Univ Norbert Wiener, South Amer Ctr Educ & Res Publ Hlth, Lima, Peru. [Yupanqui-Lorenzo, Daniel E.] Univ Ciencias & Humanidades, Escuela Psicol, Lima, Peru. [Valencia, Pablo D.] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Estudios Super Iztacala, Tlanepantla De Baz, Mexico. [Reyes-Bossio, Mario; Ore-Kovacs, Nicol] Univ Peruana Ciencias Aplicadas, Fac Psicol, Lima, Peru. [Rojas-Jara, Claudio] Univ Catolica Maule, Fac Ciencias Salud, Dept Psicol, Talca, Chile. [Gallegos, Miguel] Univ Catolica Maule, Fac Ciencias Salud, Talca, Chile. [Gallegos, Miguel] Consejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn, Ctr Interdisciplinario Invest Ciencias Salud & Co, Buenos Aires, Argentina. [Polanco-Carrasco, Roberto] Ctr Estudios Academ Neuropsicol, Rancagua, Chile. [Cervigni, Mauricio] Univ Nacl Rosario, Fac Psicol, Rosario, Argentina. [Cervigni, Mauricio] Consejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn, Buenos Aires, Argentina. [Martino, Pablo] Univ Nacl San Luis, Fac Psicol, Lab Invest Ciencias Comportamiento LICIC, San Luis, Argentina. [Lobos-Rivera, Marlon Elias] Univ Tecnol El Salvador, Escuela Psicol, Fac Ciencias Sociales, San Salvador, El Salvador. [Moreta-Herrera, Rodrigo] Pontificia Univ Catolica Ecuador, Escuela Psicol, Ambato, Ecuador. [Palacios Segura, Diego Alejandro] Univ Mariano Galvez, Ctr Desarrollo Humano, Guatemala City, Guatemala. [Samaniego-Pinho, Antonio] Univ Nacl Asuncion, Fac Filosofia, Carrera Psicol, Asuncion, Paraguay. [Buschiazzo Figares, Andres] IAIP Uruguay, Inst Alfred Adler, Ctr Estudios Adlerianos, Montevideo, Uruguay. [Puerta-Cortes, Diana Ximena] Univ Ibague, Programa Psicol, Ibague, Colombia. [Camargo, Andres] Fdn Universitaria Area Andina, Sch Hlth & Sport Sci, Sede Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia. [Torales, Julio] Univ Nacl Asuncion, Fac Ciencias Med, Catedra Psicol Med, San Lorenzo, Paraguay. [Torales, Julio] Univ Nacl Caaguazu, Inst Reg Invest Salud, Coronel Oviedo, Paraguay. [Torales, Julio] Univ Sudamericana, Fac Ciencias Med, Pedro Juan Caballero, Paraguay. [Monge Blanco, Jose Arkangel] Asociac Nicaraguense Desarrollo Psicol, Managua, Nicaragua. [Gonzalez, Pedronel] Univ Jesus Nazareth, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. [Smith-Castro, Vanessa] Univ Costa Rica, Fac Ciencias Sociales, Inst Invest Psicol, San Jose, Costa Rica. [Petzold-Rodriguez, Olimpia] Lone Star Coll, Conroe, TX USA. [Calderon, Raymundo] Colegio Estatal Psicol Intervenc Jalisco AC, Guadalajara, Mexico. [Matute Rivera, Wendy Yamilet] Univ Jesus Nazareth, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. [Ferrufino-Borja, Daniela; Schulmeyer, Marion K.] Univ Privada Santa Cruz Sierra, Fac Humanidades Comunicac & Artes, Ctr Invest & Asesoramiento Psicol, Santa Cruz, Bolivia. [Munoz-del-Carpio-Toia, Agueda] Univ Catolica Santa Maria, Escuela Postgrad, Vicerrectorado Invest, Arequipa, Peru. [Palacios, Jorge] Univ Valle Mexico, Fac Psicol, Queretaro, Mexico. [Burgos-Videla, Carmen] Univ Atacama, Inst Invest Ciencias Sociales & Educ, Copiapo, Chile. [Leon, Ana Maria Eduviges Florez] Asociac Panamena Psicol, Panama City, Panama. [Vergara, Ibeth] Univ Latina Panama, Escuela Psicol, Panama City, Panama. [Vega, Diego] Univ Latina Costa Rica, Escuela Psicol, San Jose, Costa Rica. [Schulmeyer, Marion K.] Univ Privada Santa Cruz Sierra, Fac Humanidades Comunicac & Artes, Ctr Invest & Asesoramiento Psicol, Santa Cruz, CA, Bolivia. [Rios, Hassell Tatiana Urrutia; Lira, Arelly Esther Lira] Asociac Nicaraguense Desarrollo Psicol, Managua, Nicaragua. [Barria-Asenjo, Nicol A.] Univ Los Lagos, Dept Ciencias Sociales, Osorno, Chile. [Ayala-Colqui, Jesus] Univ Tecnol Peru, Lima, Peru. [Hualparuca-Olivera, Luis] Univ Continental, Dept Humanidades, Huancayo, Peru. C3 Universidad Cientifica del Sur (CIENTIFICA); Universidad Privada del Norte; Christopher Newport University; Universidad Norbert Wiener; Universidad de Ciencias y Humanidades; Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico; Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC); Universidad Catolica del Maule; Universidad Catolica del Maule; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas (CONICET); National University of Rosario; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas (CONICET); Universidad Nacional de San Luis; Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador; Universidad Nacional de Asuncion; Universidad Nacional de Asuncion; Universidad Costa Rica; Universidad Catolica de Santa Maria; Universidade del Valle de Mexico; Universidad de Atacama; Universidad de Los Lagos; Universidad Tecnologica del Peru; Universidad Continental


