Changes in trust and trait anxiety: The mediating role of changes in self‐rated health among older adults in Taiwan

Jhang, Fang-Hua

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“…Empirical studies have shown that social trust at the individual level is strongly associated with anxiety ( 57 ). Social trust is believed to relieve individual emotional responses to anxiety by increasing perceived or actual social support ( 58 ). In China, especially for elderly adults, social trust is mainly reflected in the family or a narrow circle of interpersonal relationships, such as trust in family members, neighbors, and friends ( 59 ).…”

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The prevalence of anxiety and its key influencing factors among the elderly in China

Liu

Xu²,

Yang³

et al. 2023

Front. Psychiatry

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IntroductionWith the rapid aging population, the mental health of older adults is paid more and more attention. Anxiety is a common mental health illness in older adults. Therefore, the study aimed to explore the current situation of anxiety and its factors among the elderly in China.MethodsBased on the data from 2018 Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS), a total of 10,982 respondents aged 60 and above were selected. Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) scale was used to assess the anxiety. Univariate and multivariate analysis were used to analyze the influencing factors of anxiety. Random forest was established to rank the importance of each influencing factors.ResultsThe results showed that the prevalence of anxiety among the elderly was 11.24%. Anxiety was mainly associated with 14 factors from five aspects: sociodemographic characteristics, health status, psychological state, social trust and social participation, among which loneliness related to psychological status was the most important factor.DiscussionThe revelation of this study is that the present situation of anxiety among the elderly cannot be ignored, and it is necessary to take measures to prevent and control it from many aspects.

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The prevalence of anxiety and its key influencing factors among the elderly in China

Liu

Xu²,

Yang³

et al. 2023

Front. Psychiatry

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“…Therefore, the accumulation of individual anxiety may trigger a series of social anxiety symptoms ( Ng-Cordell et al, 2018 ). It was noted that trust is beneficial to reducing anxiety ( Flugelman et al, 2020 ; Jhang, 2020 ); in other words, anxiety may add distrust regarding relevant departments. A previous study showed that a lower level of anxiety was associated with trust in the healthcare system ( AlRuthia et al, 2020 ).…”

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Exploring Factors and Associate Responses for Anxiety in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: A Web-Based Survey in Japan

Zhuang

Cai

et al. 2022

Front. Psychol.

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Background and ObjectivesAnxiety plays an important role in psychology. An exploration of anxiety and its associated reactions may provide insight into measures for addressing mental health problems caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Data from this study provide potential correlational responses to anxiety.MethodsA cross-sectional study using data collected via an online self-reported questionnaire was conducted in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-6), we assessed anxiety levels and explored the relationship between anxiety STAI-6 score, sources of COVID-19 information, the influences of COVID-19, social anxiety symptoms, discrimination, and evaluation of the government.ResultsA total of 4,127 participants were included in the analysis. The level of anxiety was not equally distributed across the general population with respect to age, gender, educational level, occupation, income, presence of underlying disease, and location (p < 0.05). The number of sources of information on COVID-19 had a positive correlation with the STAI-6 score (Spearman’s rho = 0.176, p < 0.001). The influence of the pandemic was correlated with moderate–severe anxiety. A high level of anxiety added to social anxiety (Spearman’s rho = 0.04, p < 0.05) and discriminatory behavior (Spearman’s rho = 0.11, p < 0.01). Being female (Estimate = 0.926) and from a non-emergency area (Estimate = −0.308) was related to higher STAI scores, and higher education (Estimate = −0.305), and income (Estimate = −0.168) decreased the STAI score. The respondents who had a lower evaluative score of the preventive activities undertaken by the national and local governments had higher STAI-6 scores.ConclusionOur findings provide statistical evidence for the associated reaction of anxiety and that anxiety reactions may vary in predictable ways. Further studies should focus on the strategic interventions that may decrease the associated responses to anxiety, to address mental health issues due to the pandemic.

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“…Excessive searches for health-related information are anxietyprovoking (2), and accumulation of individual anxiety may trigger a series of social anxiety symptom (3). It was noted that trust is bene cial for reducing anxiety (4,5), in other words, anxiety may add distrust of relevant departments. What's more, at high level, anxiety may contribute to increased possibility of affected by a public health emergency(6) and in uences of an pandemic may in turn to increase the level of anxiety.…”

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Exploring Anxiety and Chain Reaction of Anxiety in COVID-19 Pandemic: A large population Web-based survey in Japan

Zhuang

Cai

et al. 2021

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Background: Anxiety plays an important role in psychology, explore the anxiety and its chain reactions can provide a good insight of the measures to address mental health problem caused by the COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019) epidemic. Methods: A cross-sectional study using data collected via an online self-reported questionnaire was conduct on Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-6) to assess the level of anxiety, and explore the relationship of anxiety STAI-6 Score, sources of COVID-19 information, the influences of COVID-19, social anxiety symptoms, discrimination, and evaluation toward the government. Results: 4,127 participants were included to the analysis. The level of anxiety is not equally distributed across the general population with different age, gender, educational level, occupation, income, presence of underlying disease and location (P<0.05). The numbers of sources to get information about COVID-19 have a positive correlation with STAI-6 Score (Spearman’rho=0.176, P<0.001). The influences caused by the pandemic are related to moderate-severe anxiety. Then the high level of anxiety would add to social anxiety (Spearman’rho=0.04, P<0.05) and discrimination behaviors (Spearman’rho=0.11, P<0.01). Generalized additive model shows that high anxiety would lower the responders’ evaluations of the preventive measures took by either national government or local government. Conclusions: Our findings provide a statistical evidence for the chain reaction of anxiety, that anxiety reactions may vary in predictable ways. Further researches can focus on what types of strategic interventions can cut the chain response of anxiety, in order to address the mental health problems in a pandemic.

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Changes in trust and trait anxiety: The mediating role of changes in self‐rated health among older adults in Taiwan

Cited by 4 publications

References 28 publications

The prevalence of anxiety and its key influencing factors among the elderly in China

The prevalence of anxiety and its key influencing factors among the elderly in China

Exploring Factors and Associate Responses for Anxiety in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: A Web-Based Survey in Japan

Exploring Anxiety and Chain Reaction of Anxiety in COVID-19 Pandemic: A large population Web-based survey in Japan

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