The Impact of COVID-19 Traumatic Stressors on Mental Health: Is COVID-19 a New Trauma Type
| Autor: | Enas. M. Oliemat, Chafika Azdaou, Jeffrey S. Ashby, Shadia Bint Ali Baali, Mariam Sous Fahmy Sous, Hikmet Jamil, Hanaa Shuwiekh, Amthal Alhuwailah, Ibrahim A. Kira, Sayed Ahmed Elwakeel |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Type III trauma
medicine.medical_specialty Depression Public health Stressor Traumatic stress COVID-19 Continuous traumatic stress PTSD Traumatology Mental health Psychiatry and Mental health Health psychology medicine Anxiety Original Article medicine.symptom Psychology Depression (differential diagnoses) Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction |
| ISSN: | 1557-1882 1557-1874 |
| Popis: | COVID-19 is a new type of trauma that has never been conceptually or empirically analyzed in our discipline. This study aimed to investigate the impact of COVID-19 as traumatic stress on mental health after controlling for individuals’ previous stressors and traumas. We utilized a sample of (N = 1374) adults from seven Arab countries. We used an anonymous online questionnaire that included measures for COVID-19 traumatic stress, posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression, and cumulative stressors and traumas. We conducted hierarchical multiple regression, with posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and anxiety as dependent variables. In the first step, in each analysis, we entered the country, gender, age, religion, education, and income as independent variables (Kira, Traumatology 7(2):73–86, 2001; Kira, Torture, 14:38–44, 2004; Kira, Traumatology, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1037/trm0000305). In the second step, we entered cumulative stressors and traumas as an independent variable. In the third step, we entered either COVID-19 traumatic stressors or one of its subtypes (fears of infection, economic, and lockdown) as an independent variable. Finally, we conducted structural equation modeling with PTSD, depression, and anxiety as predictors of the latent variable mental health and COVID-19 as the independent variable. Results indicated that COVID-19 traumatic stressors, and each of its three subtypes, were unique predictors of PTSD, anxiety, and depression. Thus, COVID-19 is a new type of traumatic stress that has serious mental health effects. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11469-021-00577-0. |
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