Subjective cognitive failures and their psychological correlates in a large Italian sample during quarantine/self-isolation for COVID-19
Autor: | Andrea Barbaro, Nicola Davide Cavallo, Ivana Baldassarre, Maria Cropano, Gabriella Santangelo, Luigi Trojano, Simona Raimo, Gianpaolo Maggi, Raffaele Nappo |
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Přispěvatelé: | Santangelo, G., Baldassarre, I., Barbaro, A., Cavallo, N. D., Cropano, M., Maggi, G., Nappo, R., Trojano, L., Raimo, S. |
Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Coping (psychology)
media_common.quotation_subject Population Cognitive failure Dermatology Anger Anxiety Affect (psychology) 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Cognition medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine education media_common Cross-Sectional Studie education.field_of_study Resilience SARS-CoV-2 Depression COVID-19 General Medicine Mental health Cognitive failures Psychiatry and Mental health Cross-Sectional Studies Italy Quarantine Neurology (clinical) Psychological resilience medicine.symptom Psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Clinical psychology Human |
Zdroj: | Neurological Sciences |
ISSN: | 1590-3478 1590-1874 |
Popis: | ObjectiveThe quarantine/self-isolation measures implemented to retard the spread of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) may negatively affect the mental health of the population. The present study aimed to explore the impact of the psychological symptoms on the occurrence of cognitive failures in a large sample of home-dwelling Italian individuals during quarantine/self-isolation for COVID-19.MethodsWe employed an online questionnaire using a virtual platform of Google Moduli. The questionnaire included an assessment of cognitive failures evaluated by the Perceived Memory and Attentional Failures Questionnaire (PerMAFaQ) and of resilience, coping style, depression, anger, and anxiety.ResultsThe online questionnaire was completed by 4175 participants revealing that about 30% of participants complained of cognitive failures at least sometimes during quarantine/self-isolation, whereas some respondents reported very frequent cognitive failures. Moreover, resilience was found to mediate the relationships between depressive and anger symptoms and cognitive failures. Although no difference was found on PerMAFaQ among smart-workers, non-smart-workers, and those currently not at work, people not working at the moment complained of more frequent cognitive failures.ConclusionsThese findings indicate the need to implement psychological support intervention, particularly for vulnerable groups, to reduce anxiety, depression, and anger, and of psychoeducational interventions to enhance resilience reducing possible long-term cognitive consequences of the quarantine. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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