Health anxiety, coping mechanisms and COVID 19: An Indian community sample at week 1 of lockdown

Autor: Steve Humble, Padmanabhan Vijayaraghavan, Evelyn Barron Millar, A Sharma, Jacqui Rodgers, Shekhar P. Seshadri, Eleanor Smith, Divya Singhal, Pauline Dixon
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
Psychological Defense Mechanisms
Male
Viral Diseases
Mindfulness
Cross-sectional study
Epidemiology
Emotions
Social Sciences
Anxiety
Promotion (rank)
Medical Conditions
Sociology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Adaptation
Psychological
Medicine and Health Sciences
Psychology
media_common
Multidisciplinary
Social Communication
Middle Aged
Anxiety Disorders
Hypochondriasis
Locus of control
Infectious Diseases
Mental Health
Social Networks
Quarantine
Medicine
Female
medicine.symptom
Network Analysis
Clinical psychology
Research Article
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
Computer and Information Sciences
Adolescent
Science
media_common.quotation_subject
India
Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Neuroses
Structural equation modeling
Young Adult
Mental Health and Psychiatry
medicine
Humans
Pandemics
Behavior
SARS-CoV-2
Public health
Biology and Life Sciences
COVID-19
Covid 19
Mental health
Communications
Cross-Sectional Studies
Communicable Disease Control
Social Media
Stress
Psychological
Zdroj: PLoS ONE
PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 4, p e0250336 (2021)
ISSN: 1932-6203
Popis: It is critical to gain an understanding of the impact of the COVID 19 pandemic and the associated lockdown restrictions on the psychological, social and behavioural functioning of the general public, in order to inform public health promotion and future health service resource allocation. This cross-sectional study, completed during week 1 of lockdown in India, reports on data from 234 participants using an online survey. Data regarding health anxiety, coping mechanisms and locus of control was collected. Structural equation modelling was used to assess the relationship between locus of control, coping mechanisms, health anxiety and age. Age related differences in both locus of control and coping strategies were found. Younger people experienced more health-related anxiety and were more likely to engage with social media as a coping mechanism. Mindfulness-based strategies may reduce health anxiety by increasing tolerance of uncertainty experienced during the COVID 19 pandemic.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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