Do psychological strengths protect college students confined by COVID-19 to emotional distress? The role of gender

Sánchez‐Teruel, David; Robles‐Bello, María Auxiliadora; Naranjo, Nieves Valencia

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2020.110507

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“…Moreover, females were more adherent with quarantine measures. This is consistent with other reports stating that females have higher anxiety levels and risk perception, making them more open to adopt health-promoting behaviors, especially during stressful events (Sánchez-Teruel et al, 2020;White, 2020).…”

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confidence: 93%

Predictors of adherence with home quarantine during COVID-19 crisis: the case of health belief model

Al-Sabbagh

Al-Ani

Mafrachi

et al. 2021

Psychology, Health & Medicine

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Although Jordan has applied lockdown in response to COVID-19 pandemic, many people were not adherent to the quarantine. We aimed to examine the attitudes of the Jordanians and how these attitudes can predict their adherence using the health belief model (HBM). A cross-sectional study of 5057 participants using an internet-based questionnaire was conducted during lockdown. Multivariable ordinal regression analyses were used to estimate predictors of adherence to home quarantine. Overall, 646 (12.8%), 2078 (41.2%), and 2317 (46%) of participants showed poor, intermediate, and strict adherence, respectively. Of the HBM constructs, seriousness (β= 0.116, 95% CI 0.027 to 0.205), benefits (β= 0.056, 95% CI 0.002 to 0.110) and barriers (β= -0.025, 95% CI -0.035 to -0.015) were significant predictors. We identified income insecurity (β= -0.096, 95% CI -0.144 to -0.046), social withdrawal (β= -0.062, 95% CI -0.121 to -0.004), religious concerns (β= -0.149, 95% CI -0.202 to -0.096) and health consequences (β= 0.065, 95% CI 0.011 to 0.11) as barriers. Governmental instructions were the only predictive external cue (β= 0.055, 95% CI 0.004 to 0.014). Our findings suggest that a high number of Jordanians are adherent with the quarantine, demonstrating the ability of governmental policies in tackling potential barriers.

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confidence: 93%

Predictors of adherence with home quarantine during COVID-19 crisis: the case of health belief model

Al-Sabbagh

Al-Ani

Mafrachi

et al. 2021

Psychology, Health & Medicine

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“…Together with the finding that men were more stressed than women, this is in contrast to previous findings that lockdown affected women's mental health more severely (e.g., Gómez-Salgado et al 2020;O'Connor et al 2020). However, as mentioned above, studies also showed that women had higher resilience during lockdown than men (Sánchez-Teruel et al 2021) and that they used more efficient coping strategies (Prowse et al 2021), which is a possible explanation for our findings.…”

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confidence: 70%

Diurnal Dynamics of Stress and Mood during Covid-19 Lockdown - An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study

Feneberg¹,

Forbes²,

Piperno³

et al. 2021

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The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in severe disruption to people’s lives as governments imposed national ‘lockdowns’. Using ecological momentary assessment for seven days in 731 participants, we investigated how individual’s stress and mood fluctuated diurnally during lockdown in spring 2020. We found that age, gender, financial security, depressive symptoms, and trait loneliness modulated the diurnal dynamics of participants' stress and mood. For example, younger and less financially secure individuals showed an attenuated reduction in stress as the day progressed and, similarly, more lonely individuals showed a diminished increase in calmness throughout the day. In addition, we collected hair samples from 140 participants and found a decrease in cortisol concentrations following lockdown, but these changes were not related to any of the assessed person-related characteristics. Our findings provide novel insights into the psychobiological impact of lockdown and have implications for how, when, and which individuals might benefit most from interventions during comparable psychologically demanding periods.

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“…Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, several studies have discussed the increased vulnerability of women during the crisis, as women tend to work in jobs that require face-to-face interaction, depend on part-time employment, and manage both family and work ( Olaseni, 2020 ; Sánchez-Teruel, 2021 ). Szabo et al (2020) investigated stress levels in 1,552 Hungarians during the first month of the COVID-19 crisis and found that women were more worried than men ( Szabo et al, 2020 ) about the consequences of the pandemic.…”

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Life With Corona: Increased Gender Differences in Aggression and Depression Symptoms Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic Burden in Germany

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Gender differences (GD) in mental health have come under renewed scrutiny during the COVID-19 pandemic. While rapidly emerging evidence indicates a deterioration of mental health in general, it remains unknown whether the pandemic will have an impact on GD in mental health. To this end, we investigate the association of the pandemic and its countermeasures affecting everyday life, labor, and households with changes in GD in aggression, anxiety, depression, and the somatic symptom burden. We analyze cross-sectional data from 10,979 individuals who live in Germany and who responded to the online survey “Life with Corona” between October 1, 2020 and February 28, 2021. We estimate interaction effects from generalized linear models. The analyses reveal no pre-existing GD in aggression but exposure to COVID-19 and COVID-19 countermeasures is associated with sharper increases in aggression in men than in women. GD in anxiety decreased among participants with children in the household (with men becoming more anxious). We also observe pre-existing and increasing GD with regards to the severity of depression, with women presenting a larger increase in symptoms during the hard lockdown or with increasing stringency. In contrast to anxiety, GD in depression increased among participants who lived without children (women > men), but decreased for individuals who lived with children; here, men converged to the levels of depression presented by women. Finally, GD in somatic symptoms decreased during the hard lockdown (but not with higher stringency), with men showing a sharper increase in symptoms, especially when they lived with children or alone. Taken together, the findings indicate an increase in GD in mental health as the pandemic unfolded in Germany, with rising female vulnerability to depression and increasing male aggression. The combination of these two trends further suggests a worrying mental health situation for singles and families. Our results have important policy implications for the German health system and public health policy. This public health challenge requires addressing the rising burden of pandemic-related mental health challenges and the distribution of this burden between women and men, within families and for individuals who live alone.

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Do psychological strengths protect college students confined by COVID-19 to emotional distress? The role of gender

Cited by 36 publications

References 56 publications

Predictors of adherence with home quarantine during COVID-19 crisis: the case of health belief model

Predictors of adherence with home quarantine during COVID-19 crisis: the case of health belief model

Diurnal Dynamics of Stress and Mood during Covid-19 Lockdown - An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study

Life With Corona: Increased Gender Differences in Aggression and Depression Symptoms Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic Burden in Germany

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