Predictors of anxiety in the COVID-19 pandemic from a global perspective: Data from 23 countries

Autor: Agnieszka Sabiniewicz, Ruzan Mkrtchyan, Alexander Kavina, Barış Özener, Kai Kline, Oluyinka Ojedokun, Irma Rachmawati Maruf, Marina Butovskaya, Fırat Koç, Maryanne L. Fisher, Hakan Cetinkaya, Silvio Donato, Derya Fatma Biçer, Fathil Bakir Allami, Nachiketa Tripathi, Satwik Upadhyay, Mat Rahimi Yusof, Julija N. Fedenok, M. S. Omar-Fauzee, Raushaniia I. Zinurova, Carol Cronin Weisfeld, Victoriya I. Spodina, Yahya M. Khatatbeh, Norbert Meskó, Lauren Hocker, Ivana Hromatko, Alexey Ermakov, Mohammad A. Al-Zu’bi, Fadime Suata Alpaslan, Khodabakhsh Ahmadi, Paige S. Erickson, Oana A. David, Valentina N. Burkova, Melanie MacEacheron, Berna Ertuğrul, Emmanuel Abiodun Fayankinnu, Vladimir Kolodkin, Muhammad Rizwan, Mohd Faiz Mohd Yaakob, Hareesol Khun-Inkeeree, Ashley K. Randall, Elena Kasparova, Edna Lúcia Tinoco Ponciano, Seda Dural, Stanislava Stoyanova, Poppy Setiawati Nurisnaeny, Ahmad M. Alghraibeh
Přispěvatelé: Nachiketa Tripathi, mohd sofian omar-fauzee, Valentina Burkova, Mohd Faiz Mohd Yaakob, Baris Ozener, Khodabakhsh Ahmadi, Elena Kasparova, Derya Fatma Bicer, Satwik Upadhyay, Ashley Randall, Melanie MacEacheron, Vladimir Kolodkin, ALEXANDER KAVINA, Julia Fedenok, Marina Butovskaya, Silvia Donato, Firat Koc, Mohammad Al-Zu'bi, Barış Özener, Oana David, Stanislava Stoyanova, Seda Dural, Berna Ertuğrul Özener, Lauren Hocker, Hakan Çetinkaya, Fırat Koç, Oluyinka Ojedokun, irma rachmawati maruf, Ivana Hromatko, Damilola Fisayo Adebayo, Fadime Suata Alpaslan, Norbert Meskó, [Belirlenecek]
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Sustainability, Vol 13, Iss 4017, p 4017 (2021)
Sustainability
Volume 13
Issue 7
Popis: Prior and ongoing COVID-19 pandemic restrictions have resulted in substantial changes to everyday life. The pandemic and measures of its control affect mental health negatively. Self-reported data from 15,375 participants from 23 countries were collected from May to August 2020 during the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic. Two questionnaires measuring anxiety level were used in this study-the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7), and the State Anxiety Inventory (SAI). The associations between a set of social indicators on anxiety during COVID-19 (e.g., sex, age, country, live alone) were tested as well. Self-reported anxiety during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic varied across countries, with the maximum levels reported for Brazil, Canada, Italy, Iraq and the USA. Sex differences of anxiety levels during COVID-19 were also examined, and results showed women reported higher levels of anxiety compared to men. Overall, our results demonstrated that the self-reported symptoms of anxiety were higher compared to those reported in general before pandemic. We conclude that such cultural dimensions as individualism/collectivism, power distance and looseness/tightness may function as protective adaptive mechanisms against the development of anxiety disorders in a pandemic situation. Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation [075-15-2020-910]; Deanship of Scientific Research at King Saud UniversityKing Saud University; Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA)Orszagos Tudomanyos Kutatasi Alapprogramok (OTKA) [K125437] In Russia (V.N.B., M.L.B., J.F.), this article was prepared in the framework of a research grant funded by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (grant ID: 075-15-2020-910). The authors extend their appreciation to the Deanship of Scientific Research at King Saud University for funding this work through Support to Ahmad M. Alghraibeh (Saudi Arabia). Data collection in Hungary was supported by the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA) awarded to the twenty-seventh author (K125437). WOS:000638899900001 2-s2.0-85104184486
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