Chong, YY;
Chien, WT;
Cheng, HY;
Lamnisos, D;
Ļubenko, J;
Presti, G;
Squatrito, V;
... Kassianos, AP; + view all
(2021)
Patterns of psychological responses among the public during the early phase of covid-19: A cross-regional analysis.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
, 18
(8)
10.3390/ijerph18084143.
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Abstract
This study aimed to compare the mediation of psychological flexibility, prosociality and coping in the impacts of illness perceptions toward COVID-19 on mental health among seven regions. Convenience sampled online survey was conducted between April and June 2020 from 9130 citizens in 21 countries. Illness perceptions toward COVID-19, psychological flexibility, prosociality, coping and mental health, socio-demographics, lockdown-related variables and COVID-19 status were assessed. Results showed that psychological flexibility was the only significant mediator in the relationship between illness perceptions toward COVID-19 and mental health across all regions (all ps = 0.001–0.021). Seeking social support was the significant mediator across subgroups (all ps range = <0.001–0.005) except from the Hong Kong sample (p = 0.06) and the North and South American sample (p = 0.53). No mediation was found for problem-solving (except from the Northern European sample, p = 0.009). Prosociality was the significant mediator in the Hong Kong sample (p =0.016) and the Eastern European sample (p = 0.008). These findings indicate that fostering psychological flexibility may help to mitigate the adverse mental impacts of COVID-19 across regions. Roles of seeking social support, problem-solving and prosociality vary across regions.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Patterns of psychological responses among the public during the early phase of covid-19: A cross-regional analysis |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph18084143 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18084143 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited |
| Keywords: | COVID-19; psychological flexibility; mental health; prosociality; survey |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Applied Health Research |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10126493 |
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