Coronavirus Anxiety, COVID Anxiety Syndrome and Mental Health: A Test Among Six Countries During March 2021

IF 3.2 3区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL Clinical psychology & psychotherapy Pub Date : 2024-04-23 DOI:10.1002/cpp.2988

Michael J. Zvolensky, Jafar Bakhshaie, Brooke Y. Redmond, Tanya Smit, Ana V. Nikčević, Marcantonio M. Spada, Walter Distaso

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Abstract

The negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health outcomes is widely documented. Specifically, individuals experiencing greater degrees of severity in coronavirus anxiety have demonstrated higher levels of generalized anxiety, depression and psychological distress. Yet the pathways in which coronavirus anxiety confers vulnerability are not well known. The present investigation sought to address this gap in the scientific literature by testing the indirect effect of the COVID-19 anxiety syndrome, which centres on the function of detecting and managing the environmental threat of virus exposure and its sequalae. Data were collected during the height of the pandemic (March 2021) and included 5297 adults across six countries. Structural equation modelling techniques revealed that the COVID-19 anxiety syndrome evidenced a statistically significant indirect effect between coronavirus anxiety and generalized anxiety, depression and work/social adjustment. Overall, results suggest there could be public health merit to targeting anxiety related to virus exposure to improve behavioural health for those who are struggling with excessive fear and worry.

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冠状病毒焦虑症、COVID 焦虑症和心理健康：2021 年 3 月期间在六个国家进行的测试

有大量文件记载了 COVID-19 大流行对心理健康结果的负面影响。具体来说，冠状病毒焦虑程度越严重的人，其普遍焦虑、抑郁和心理困扰的程度就越高。然而，冠状病毒焦虑导致易感性的途径尚不十分清楚。本调查试图通过测试 COVID-19 焦虑综合征的间接影响来弥补科学文献中的这一空白，该综合征的核心是检测和管理暴露于病毒及其后遗症的环境威胁的功能。数据是在大流行高峰期（2021 年 3 月）收集的，包括六个国家的 5297 名成年人。结构方程建模技术显示，COVID-19 焦虑综合征在冠状病毒焦虑与普遍焦虑、抑郁和工作/社会适应之间具有显著的间接统计学效应。总之，研究结果表明，针对与病毒暴露相关的焦虑症来改善那些因过度恐惧和担忧而挣扎的人的行为健康，可能具有公共卫生方面的价值。

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Clinical psychology & psychotherapy PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL-

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