COVID-19-Fear Affects Current Safety Behavior Mediated by Neuroticism—Results of a Large Cross-Sectional Study in Germany

Fink, Madeleine; Bäuerle, Alexander; Schmidt, Kira; Rheindorf, Nadine; Musche, Venja; Dinse, Hannah; Moradian, Sheila; Weismüller, Benjamin; Schweda, Adam; Teufel, Martin; Skoda, Eva-Maria

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.671768

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“…Simultaneously, highly educated individuals may have a high degree of understanding of the transmission vectors of COVID-19 and can better comply with personal protective measures (Bazaid et al, 2020). In addition, highly educated individuals can continue to maintain a high frequency of exercise during the closures caused by the pandemic (de Boer et al, 2021), and such a high frequency of exercise may make it easier for these individuals to release and relieve negative emotions, thereby allowing them to exhibit fewer symptoms such as depression and anxiety (Wolf et al, 2021). There are negative correlations among family income, hoarding behavior and negative emotions (depression, anxiety and stress).…”

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“…A study of 770 adolescents in the United States ( Oosterhoff and Palmer, 2020 ) showed that the more frequently they were exposed to COVID-19-related media and disinfection practices, the higher their degree of hoarding behavior. In addition, 530 Japanese adults ( Yoshino et al, 2021 ) and the German population ( Fink et al, 2021 ) were evaluated in terms of hoarding behavior and personality traits. Multivariate regression analysis showed that individuals with high levels of agreeableness, neuroticism, openness, and cupidity tended to hoard more items during the pandemic.…”

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Association between fear of COVID-19 and hoarding behavior during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic: The mediating role of mental health status

Zhao

Yu²,

Zhao³

et al. 2022

Front. Psychol.

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Hoarding behavior can effectively improve people's ability to resist risks, so as to reduce the negative effects of risks. However, excessive hoarding behavior will seriously reduce people's quality of life. The COVID-19 pandemic can cause excessive hoarding in a large number of people in a short period of time, and also cause a series of economic problems such as social material shortage. It is unclear how hoarding levels are linked to fear and negative emotions caused by COVID-19 among people of different educational backgrounds and social status. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and hoarding behavior in different populations in school and social contexts, as well as the mediating role of negative emotions and the moderating role of subjective/objective social status and education level in this process. An online cross-sectional survey was conducted in various provinces in China in January 2022. Demographic information, the MacArthur Scale of Subjective Social Status, the Fear of COVID-19 scale, the Depression Anxiety Stress-21, and the Saving Inventory-Revised were used to evaluate the severity of individual hoarding symptoms, the frequency of hoarding, the degree of fear, and the negative emotions (depression, anxiety, stress) caused by COVID-19. Research data showed that fear of COVID-19 was significantly correlated with hoarding behavior (p < 0.05). Fear of COVID-19 was significantly lower in the student sample than in the nonstudent sample (p < 0.05). Negative emotions played a mediating role in the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and hoarding behavior (p < 0.05). Educational and economic levels moderated this process, but social status did not. Compared with the student sample, educational background and income had less of a moderating effect on the depression, anxiety, and stress caused by fear of COVID-19 in the nonstudent sample. However, these factors had a more regulative effect on the clutter and excessive acquisition behavior caused by depression, anxiety, and stress, although not on difficulty discarding. These findings suggest that reduce negative emotions in the population, improve cognitive levels, and provide financial support from governments may be effective ways to reduce hoarding symptoms.

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Association between fear of COVID-19 and hoarding behavior during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic: The mediating role of mental health status

Zhao

Yu²,

Zhao³

et al. 2022

Front. Psychol.

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“…The Big Five Inventory-10 (BFI-10) was extracted from the Big Five Inventory of 44 items to assess personality traits [ 21 ] and showed good detection performance [ 22 ]. The BFI-10 consists of 5 dimensions: extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness [ 23 ].…”

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Willingness to Use Mobile Health Devices in the Post–COVID-19 Era: Nationwide Cross-sectional Study in China

Wang

Meng

et al. 2023

J Med Internet Res

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Background Despite the increased development and use of mobile health (mHealth) devices during the COVID-19 pandemic, there is little knowledge of willingness of the Chinese people to use mHealth devices and the key factors associated with their use in the post–COVID-19 era. Therefore, a more comprehensive and multiangle investigation is required. Objective We aimed to probe Chinese attitudes regarding the use of mHealth and analyze possible associations between the attitude of willingness to use mHealth devices and some factors based on the socioecological model. Methods A survey was conducted using quota sampling to recruit participants from 148 cities in China between June 20 and August 31, 2022. Data from the survey were analyzed using multiple stepwise regression to examine the factors associated with willingness to use mHealth devices. Standardized regression coefficients (β) and 95% CIs were calculated using multiple stepwise regression. Results The survey contained a collection of 21,916 questionnaires and 21,897 were valid questionnaires, with a 99.91% effective response rate. The median score of willingness to use mHealth in the post–COVID-19 era was 70 points on a scale from 0 to 100. Multiple stepwise regression results showed that the female gender (β=.03, 95% CI 1.04-2.35), openness personality trait (β=.05, 95% CI 0.53-0.96), higher household per capita monthly income (β=.03, 95% CI 0.77-2.24), and commercial and multiple insurance (β=.04, 95% CI 1.77-3.47) were factors associated with the willingness to use mHealth devices. In addition, people with high scores of health literacy (β=.13, 95% CI 0.53-0.68), self-reported health rating (β=.22, 95% CI 0.24-0.27), social support (β=.08, 95% CI 0.40-0.61), family health (β=.03, 95% CI 0.03-0.16), neighbor relations (β=.12, 95% CI 2.09-2.63), and family social status (β=.07, 95% CI 1.19-1.69) were more likely to use mHealth devices. Conclusions On the basis of the theoretical framework of socioecological model, this study identified factors specifically associated with willingness of the Chinese people to use mHealth devices in the post–COVID-19 era. These findings provide reference information for the research, development, promotion, and application of future mHealth devices.

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“…All the scales were administered by trained collaborators with the exclusion of BFI and AQ 10 which are self-administered. MADRS is a tool used to assess the core depressive symptoms (e.g., anhedonia) [ 48 ]; HAM-D is more sensitive to detect somatic and anxiety symptoms associated with depression [ 49 ]; HAM-A is a tool that defines the severity of anxiety [ 50 ]; CGIs is a simple tool to evaluate global severity of illness [ 51 ]; BFI is a very short scale that measures the prominence of the main five personality traits (agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, extroversion, openness) [ 52 ] and finally AQ-10 is a very short questionnaire assessing the presence and prominence of autistic personality traits [ 53 ]. With regard to BFI, we focused particularly on neuroticism as the predominance of this personality trait was associated with poor mental health [ 54 ].…”

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Synovial Fluid-Derived Extracellular Vesicles of Patients with Arthritides Contribute to Hippocampal Synaptic Dysfunctions and Increase with Mood Disorders Severity in Humans

Cambria

Ingegnoli

Borzi

et al. 2022

Cells

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Arthritides are a highly heterogeneous group of disorders that include two major clinical entities, localized joint disorders such as osteoarthritis (OA) and systemic autoimmune-driven diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Arthritides are characterized by chronic debilitating musculoskeletal conditions and systemic chronic inflammation. Poor mental health is also one of the most common comorbidities of arthritides. Depressive symptoms which are most prevalent, negatively impact patient global assessment diminishing the probability of achieving the target of clinical remission. Here, we investigated new insights into mechanisms that link different joint disorders to poor mental health, and to this issue, we explored the action of the synovial fluid-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) on neuronal function. Our data show that the exposure of neurons to different concentrations of EVs derived from both RA and OA synovial fluids (RA-EVs and OA-EVs) leads to increased excitatory synaptic transmission but acts on specific modifications on excitatory or inhibitory synapses, as evidenced by electrophysiological and confocal experiments carried out in hippocampal cultures. The treatment of neurons with EVs membrane is also responsible for generating similar effects to those found with intact EVs suggesting that changes in neuronal ability arise upon EVs membrane molecules' interactions with neurons. In humans with arthritides, we found that nearly half of patients (37.5%) showed clinically significant psychiatric symptoms (CGIs score ≥ 3), and at least mild anxiety (HAM-A ≥ 7) or depression (MADRS and HAM-D ≥ 7); interestingly, these individuals revealed an increased concentration of synovial EVs. In conclusion, our data showing opposite changes at the excitatory and inhibitory levels in neurons treated with OA- and RA-EVs, lay the scientific basis for personalized medicine in OA and RA patients, and identify EVs as new potential actionable biomarkers in patients with OA/RA with poor mental health.

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COVID-19-Fear Affects Current Safety Behavior Mediated by Neuroticism—Results of a Large Cross-Sectional Study in Germany

Cited by 21 publications

References 31 publications

Association between fear of COVID-19 and hoarding behavior during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic: The mediating role of mental health status

Association between fear of COVID-19 and hoarding behavior during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic: The mediating role of mental health status

Willingness to Use Mobile Health Devices in the Post–COVID-19 Era: Nationwide Cross-sectional Study in China

Synovial Fluid-Derived Extracellular Vesicles of Patients with Arthritides Contribute to Hippocampal Synaptic Dysfunctions and Increase with Mood Disorders Severity in Humans

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