Anxiety sensitivity, COVID-19 fear, and mental health: results from a United States population sample

Early psychological health outcomes among United States healthcare professionals, essential workers, and the general population during the COVID-19 pandemic: The influence of occupational status

“…This study relied on a self-report survey and does not account for preexisting diagnoses. Further information regarding the sample was previously published by Warren et al 22 However, findings related to fear of COVID-19 are not adversely affected by these limitations. Furthermore, nationally representative results spanning healthcare workers, non-healthcare essential workers, and the general US public, using psychometrically validated instruments, contribute insight into early psychological health outcomes with a focus on the influential role of occupational status during COVID-19, which have not been reported previously.…”

“…Data were obtained from respondents across the US, using an online questionnaire administered via the Qualtrics survey platform 22 . Participants from the Qualtrics market research panel were recruited to achieve sufficient representation of diverse ages, genders, geographies, and occupations interfacing with the pandemic.…”

Hitting Close to Home: The Effect of COVID-19 Illness in the Social Environment on Psychological Burden in Older Adults

“…In addition, experience of COVID-19-related ageism (Skoog, 2020), perception of increased risk of COVID-19 illness (Sigurvinsdottir et al, 2020), fear due to the virus (Warren et al, 2021), experience of COVID-19 infection (Sigurvinsdottir et al, 2020;Silver, 2020), and decrease in physical activity (Creese et al, 2020) have been found to adversely impact mental health. This impact is moderated by the psychological makeup of individual encompassing personality traits (Wei, 2020), emotion regulation ability (Prout et al, 2020), coping behaviors (Minahan et al, 2021), anxiety sensitivity (Warren et al, 2021), and social resources (Litwin and Levinsky, 2021).…”

“…Practices, such as withdrawal ( Skoog, 2020 ) and cocooning ( Bailey et al, 2021 ) with the accompanying decrease in social contact and increase in feelings of loneliness ( Okruszek et al, 2020 ; Clair et al, 2021 ), have been identified as influential for increased psychological burden among older people. In addition, experience of COVID-19-related ageism ( Skoog, 2020 ), perception of increased risk of COVID-19 illness ( Sigurvinsdottir et al, 2020 ), fear due to the virus ( Warren et al, 2021 ), experience of COVID-19 infection ( Sigurvinsdottir et al, 2020 ; Silver, 2020 ), and decrease in physical activity ( Creese et al, 2020 ) have been found to adversely impact mental health. This impact is moderated by the psychological makeup of individual encompassing personality traits ( Wei, 2020 ), emotion regulation ability ( Prout et al, 2020 ), coping behaviors ( Minahan et al, 2021 ), anxiety sensitivity ( Warren et al, 2021 ), and social resources ( Litwin and Levinsky, 2021 ).…”

Get Close to the Robot: The Effect of Risk Perception of COVID-19 Pandemic on Customer–Robot Engagement

“…Over 119 million people have contracted COVID-19, with over 2,600,000 deaths by 14 March 2021 [ 1 ]. The COVID-19 pandemic threatens not only people’s physical and mental health [ 2 , 3 ] but also the global economy, particularly the hospitality industry [ 4 , 5 , 6 ]. In 2020, hotel revenue fell by nearly 50% to $84.6 billion across the United States (US) [ 7 ], the largest since the Great Depression in 1933 [ 8 ].…”