COVID-19-related stressors and depression in Chinese adolescents: The effects of life history strategies and gender

Yang, Zongguo; Luo, Yuhan; Zhou, Qing; Chen, Fumei; Xu, Zhenming; Wang, Yun

doi:10.1016/j.jad.2022.02.060

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“…It has been determined that women have difficulty coping with negative situations, experience more anxiety, and show depressive symptoms. 43 At the same time, studies in the literature have found a significant relationship between young age and the female gender with the probability of developing these problems. 44 The sample formed with the majority of the middle age group may have affected the result.…”

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Evaluation of the Situations of Coping With Mental Trauma and Trauma in Emergency Service Personnel Who Medically Intervened to Earthquake Affected People in the 2020 Izmir Earthquake

Keskin,

Yurt

2024

Disaster med. public health prep.

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Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the mental trauma and coping status of emergency health care workers who responded to the earthquake affected people in the October 2020 Izmir earthquake. Methods: This was a descriptive and cross-sectional study. State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), Posttraumatic Cognition Inventory, Strategies for Coping with Earthquake Stress Scale (SCESS), and Post-earthquake Trauma Level Determination Scale (PETLDS) were used. Independent t-test, analysis of variance, Tukey’s test, and Pearson’s correlation analysis were used for statistical analysis. Statistical significance was accepted as P ≤ 0.05. Results: A total of 113 health-care professionals participated in the study. There is a positive and high degree of correlation between the religious coping sub-dimension of the SCESS and the PETLDS (P < 0.001). There was a moderate positive correlation between the religious coping sub-dimension of the SCESS and the state anxiety (P < 0.001) and trait anxiety (P < 0.001) subscales of the STAI. Conclusions: In our study, mental trauma and post-traumatic coping levels of health-care workers who were exposed to earthquakes differed according to age, gender, and educational status. We found that post-earthquake trauma levels were directly related to state and trait anxiety levels and religious coping levels. We found that, after the earthquake, social support seeking behavior, state and trait anxiety levels increased; negative cognitions about self, negative cognitions about the world, and self-blame increased. Practice implications: This study draws attention to the evaluation of emergency health workers who work at the forefront of disasters in terms of subsyndromal post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). It is recommended to make plans for psychologically protective and preventive interventions for health-care workers especially after disasters.

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Evaluation of the Situations of Coping With Mental Trauma and Trauma in Emergency Service Personnel Who Medically Intervened to Earthquake Affected People in the 2020 Izmir Earthquake

Keskin,

Yurt

2024

Disaster med. public health prep.

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“…Sex differences are considered significant features of chronic stress and other related psychiatric disorders, which were been highlighted during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic era [ 30 , 31 ]. Given the critical gap in current research regarding the cerebral morphology of sex-related differences in the setting of chronic stress, the present study aimed to conduct a pilot investigation.…”

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Sex-based differences in brain morphometry under chronic stress: A pilot MRI study

Shang,

Liu,

Ouyang

et al. 2024

Heliyon

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“…These findings accord with previous studies (Hurst & Kavanagh, 2017; Volk, 2023). For example, a study revealed that amidst the COVID‐19 environment, a slow life history strategy alleviated depressive symptoms among Chinese adolescents (Yang et al, 2022). These results underscore the critical role of life history strategies in mental health, especially within unpredictable environments.…”

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COVID‐19 risk perception and negative emotional symptoms: Mediating role of self‐control and moderating role of life history strategy

Peng,

Ju,

Nie

et al. 2023

PsyCh Journal

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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) has emerged as a significant public health crisis, posing threats to physical health and mental well‐being. This study, grounded in the Risk‐Resilience Model, sought to elucidate how COVID‐19 risk perception impacts negative emotional symptoms. Specifically, we examined the mediating role of self‐control and the moderating role of life history strategies. We conducted a two‐wave longitudinal survey in October 2020 (N = 334) and November 2020 (N = 249), targeting residents across 14 provinces (24 cities) in China. After controlling for sex and age, the results supported the moderated mediation model, illustrating that (1) self‐control mediated the relationship between COVID‐19 risk perception and negative emotional symptoms, (2) life history strategy moderated the first segment of the mediation process, and (3) life history strategies also moderated the mediating effect of self‐control on the link between COVID‐19 risk perception and negative emotional symptoms. Furthermore, compared to a fast life history strategy, a slow life history strategy mitigated the effect of COVID‐19 risk perception on self‐control, thereby reducing negative emotional symptoms. This study sheds light on how COVID‐19 risk perception affects negative emotional symptoms and identifies potential targets (i.e., self‐control and life history strategy) for addressing emotional distress during pandemics.

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COVID-19-related stressors and depression in Chinese adolescents: The effects of life history strategies and gender

Cited by 15 publications

References 39 publications

Evaluation of the Situations of Coping With Mental Trauma and Trauma in Emergency Service Personnel Who Medically Intervened to Earthquake Affected People in the 2020 Izmir Earthquake

Evaluation of the Situations of Coping With Mental Trauma and Trauma in Emergency Service Personnel Who Medically Intervened to Earthquake Affected People in the 2020 Izmir Earthquake

Sex-based differences in brain morphometry under chronic stress: A pilot MRI study

COVID‐19 risk perception and negative emotional symptoms: Mediating role of self‐control and moderating role of life history strategy

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