The Prevalence of Suicide Ideation (SI) in Students in the COVID-19 Outbreak: the Role of Attachment to God, Spiritual Well-being, and Psychological Resilience

The aim of this study is to investigate the prevalence of suicide ideation (SI) in students in the COVID-19 outbreak: the role of attachment to God, spiritual well-being and psychological resilience.

The research method was descriptive-correlation. Among the students of Malayer University and Payame Noor University of Semnan, 311 students participated in the research by convenience sampling method. Beck SI, the short form of God Attachment, the Spiritual well-being, and the short form of resilience scales were used to collect the data. Pearson correlation and multivariate stepwise regression were used to analyze the data.

The results showed that 13.51% of students in COVID-19 outbreak had SI and 0.96% were ready to commit suicide. Single students had a higher mean in SI than married students. The mean of SI in second- and fourth-year students was higher than in the first- and third-year students. There was a negative correlation between attachment to God, spiritual well-being, and psychological resilience with SI. Based on the results of multivariate stepwise regression, psychological resilience, attachment to God, and spiritual well-being had a significant negative role in predicting SI of students in the COVID-19 outbreak, respectively.

According to the results, attention to attachment to God, spiritual well-being and psychological resilience and education based on these variables can reduce SI in students in pandemic conditions such as COVID-19.