Fear of COVID-19, depression, anxiety, and their association with Internet addiction disorder in a sample of Italian students

Servidio, Rocco; Bartolo, Maria Giuseppina; Palermiti, Anna Lisa; Costabile, Angela

doi:10.1016/j.jadr.2021.100097

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“…A number of studies have confirmed the association between behavioral disorders (i.e., IGD, Internet addiction, and gambling disorder) and psychological factors such as depression, anxiety, and stress ( 56 , 64 ). An Italian study revealed that fear of COVID-19 was associated with Internet addiction disorder, and fear of COVID-19 mediated the relationship between anxiety and Internet addiction disorder ( 59 ). A Chinese study reported that the levels of depression and stress were associated with severity of Internet addiction measured by IAT scores in children and adolescents during COVID-19 ( 52 ).…”

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Problematic Use of Alcohol and Online Gaming as Coping Strategies During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mini Review

Park

Kang

et al. 2021

Front. Psychiatry

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The COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic has dramatically changed our daily lives and activities, including those originally intended to serve for leisure and pleasure. Drinking and online gaming became coping behaviors used to rescue ourselves from the stress and restricted lifestyle during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, frequent drinking and gaming can result in the pathological consequences of addiction. Those affected use the stimuli not to obtain pleasure, but rather to avoid the displeasure induced by stress and previous use, often unsuccessfully. This review aims to provide an overview of recent longitudinal cohort studies on alcohol and gaming use during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as to analyze how the pandemic has affected alcohol and gaming use. There was a substantial risk of alcohol and online gaming overuse during the lockdown, which may depend on the pandemic's duration or overuse patterns. Previous studies have shown that increased alcohol consumption and online gaming are associated with heightened stress and anxiety levels caused by social isolation/quarantine. Over time, frequent or excessive alcohol consumption and gaming could lead to an increased risk of more serious mental health problems. Every effort should be made to mitigate mental health problems and ensure adequate adaptation to these exceptional circumstances. Therefore, it would be helpful to encourage physical activity, social interaction, and collaboration to facilitate psychological and physical health.

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Problematic Use of Alcohol and Online Gaming as Coping Strategies During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mini Review

Park

Kang

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Front. Psychiatry

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“…In order to stop its spread, governments decided to lockdown and isolate people [2]. Although it seemed like the only proper way of conduct in such a situation, social distancing and changes in daily life activity can affect personal wellbeing, mental health and results in an increase in depression and anxiety symptoms [3,4]. SARS-CoV-2 virus may cause severe somatic symptoms affecting mainly pulmonary functions, but also the nervous system.…”

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Social Support and Dietary Habits as Anxiety Level Predictors of Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Ortenburger

Mosler

Павлова

et al. 2021

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The COVID-19 pandemic is a public health emergency concern and a challenge to students’ mental health due to changes in education and social isolation. The aim of this research was to expand knowledge about the relations that shape the level of anxiety amongst men and women who are studying during the pandemic in terms of the relations towards their sense of social support and their nutritional behaviors. A State–Trait Anxiety Inventory was used to measure anxiety level, alongside supplementary questions such as the feeling of support from close ones, concentration of attention on nutrition during the pandemic and externally derived factors (university, specialization). Analysis of the regression was applied to the examination of the dependency between the anxiety level (in both forms of its occurrence—as state-anxiety and as trait-anxiety). We observed that the pandemic situation affected a level of state-anxiety above average (mean value of 46–48 points) even when students felt social support. Nutrition habits and chosen education type are associated with trait-anxiety level, which was also elevated (mean values of 49–50 points). Chosen factors had a partial influence on the anxiety level of students, therefore their mental health should concern shaping positive nutrition habits and social support.

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“…Morgeson, Mitchell, Liu, et al, 2015 ). As the COVID‐19 pandemic spreads widely around the world, effective control of the negative impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic has become very important for organizations and individuals (Servidio et al, 2021 ). To sum up, this study employs the concept of event strength including novelty, disruption, and criticality to measure the influence degree of COVID‐19 pandemic.…”

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The effects of community safety support on COVID‐19 event strength perception, risk perception, and health tourism intention: The moderating role of risk communication

2021

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The community is crucial in preventing COVID‐19 pandemic. By employing 313 online surveys, it is found that the community safety support enhances risk perception, disruption recognition, and criticality recognition but it negatively impacts on novelty recognition. Additionally, risk communication could moderate the relationship between risk perception and health tourism intention. These findings reveal that people would pay more attention to the risk information and they could join health tourism in the post‐pandemic period to enhance their personal physical and mental health. Therefore, health tourism enterprises should appropriately strengthen risk communication and improve people's health awareness to further promote healthy tourism consumption.

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Fear of COVID-19, depression, anxiety, and their association with Internet addiction disorder in a sample of Italian students

Cited by 113 publications

References 32 publications

Problematic Use of Alcohol and Online Gaming as Coping Strategies During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mini Review

Problematic Use of Alcohol and Online Gaming as Coping Strategies During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mini Review

Social Support and Dietary Habits as Anxiety Level Predictors of Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic

The effects of community safety support on COVID‐19 event strength perception, risk perception, and health tourism intention: The moderating role of risk communication

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