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.
Highlights
The COVID-19 (Coronavirus outbreak 2019) causes severe acute respiratory syndrome type-2 (SARS-CoV-2) and has become a public threat to humanity [1]
This study determined that uncertainty in the pandemic among researched students was influenced directly and significantly by negative emotional states, resilience against
Resilience against COVID-19 is not determined as a significant, partial, decremental mediating effect, having only a 15% impact on suicidal ideation
Summary
The COVID-19 (Coronavirus outbreak 2019) causes severe acute respiratory syndrome type-2 (SARS-CoV-2) and has become a public threat to humanity [1]. News stating that the virus was spreading worldwide from Wuhan—Hubei province in China—began spreading in December 2019. The virus affected patients with severe dyspnea and pneumonia [2]. In early 2020, almost 1000 confirmed cases of this infection were reported by the Chinese disease control center [3]. The cases had non-specific signs of the disease, mainly characterized by dyspnea and pneumonia. There have been millions of confirmed cases and deaths worldwide in what appears to be the most significant public health emergency of humanity in modern times [3]
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