Mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic : Effects of stay-at-home policies, social distancing behavior, and social resources

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Social distancing is the most visible public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but its implications for mental health are unknown. In a nationwide online sample of 435 U.S. adults, conducted in March 2020 as the pandemic accelerated and states implemented stay-at-home orders, we examined whether stay-at-home orders and individuals' personal distancing behavior were associated with symptoms of depression, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), intrusive thoughts, insomnia, and acute stress. Stay-at-home order status and personal distancing were independently associated with higher symptoms, beyond protective effects of available social resources (social support and social network size). A subsample of 118 participants who had completed symptom measures earlier in the outbreak (February 2020) showed increases in depression and GAD between February and March, and personal distancing behavior was associated with these increases. Findings suggest that there are negative mental health correlates of social distancing, which should be addressed in research, policy, and clinical approaches to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:293

Enthalten in:

Psychiatry research - 293(2020) vom: 11. Nov., Seite 113419

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Marroquín, Brett [VerfasserIn]
Vine, Vera [VerfasserIn]
Morgan, Reed [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anxiety
COVID-19
Coronavirus
Depression
Journal Article
Mental health
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Social distancing
Stress

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Date Completed 07.12.2020

Date Revised 13.10.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113419

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM314342451