Trajectories and predictors of vicarious traumatization in Chinese college students during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal study

Hong, Luo; Yu, Zhengtao; Li, Ju; Wang, Yujie; Shi, Xiaopan; Chen, Jie; Yang, Bing Xiang

doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1026905

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“…Moreover, loneliness moderated the mediating effect of resilient mindset in the coronavirus stress and depressive symptoms association among college students [26]. A Chinese study [27] identified the trajectories and the predictors among sociodemographic and psychosocial variables at baseline of vicarious traumatization (VT) in Chinese college students during the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors declared that targeted psychological interventions are urgently needed for students vulnerable to VT. Another Italian study [28] investigated the impact of distance education (DE) on mental health, social cognition, and memory abilities in a sample of university students during the national COVID-19 lockdown in Italy and identifyed the predictors of academic performance.…”

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Health-related behavioral changes during the COVID-19 pandemic. A comparison between cohorts of French and Italian university students

Matteucci,

Corsi,

Hurdiel

et al. 2023

PLOS Glob Public Health

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This cross-sectional observational study compares the health behaviors of university students in France and Italy, examining how their choices and lifestyles were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic with the aim of contributing to the development of adequate public health and higher education institutions interventions. The French cohort was investigated between January and February 2022, while the Italian cohort was examined between March and April 2022. In both contexts, data were collected through web surveys using institutional directories of university degree programs. Data were collected using standardized tools, validated and recovered in full or partial form. The tool used consisted of three specific sections (general experience, eating habits, physical activity), to which a fourth, dedicated to describing the sociographic picture of the respondents, was added. It was found that the pandemic mainly affected the mental health and sense of well-being of young people in both countries. The pandemic altered dietary habits (41.8% of the French subjects and 38.3% of the Italians declared an increasing of their food intake), alcohol consumption (9.0% of the Italian respondents and 4.0% of the French respondents reported an increased alcohol consumption), propensity to smoke (among the French 85.3% subjects remained non-smokers versus 65.3% of the Italian subjects), sleep quality (25.7% of Italian students 16.6% of French students experienced a decline in the quality of their sleep), and physical activity levels (the percentage of physically active French subjects rose to 72.4%, whereas among Italian students, it dropped to 68,4%). The results emphasize the need for the implementation of relational and psychological interventions, even digital, to face the consequences of social isolation and negative changes in everyday behaviors due to the restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Health-related behavioral changes during the COVID-19 pandemic. A comparison between cohorts of French and Italian university students

Matteucci,

Corsi,

Hurdiel

et al. 2023

PLOS Glob Public Health

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Network analysis of the association between Dark Triad traits and depression symptoms in university students

Li,

Liu,

Albertella

et al. 2024

Personality and Individual Differences

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Brain structure and functional connectivity linking childhood cumulative trauma to COVID‐19 vicarious traumatization

Liu,

Zhao,

et al. 2024

Child Psychology Psychiatry

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BackgroundThe COVID‐19 pandemic has caused some individuals to experience vicarious traumatization (VT), an adverse psychological reaction to those who are primarily traumatized, which may negatively impact one's mental health and well‐being and has been demonstrated to vary with personal trauma history. The neural mechanism of VT and how past trauma history affects current VT remain largely unknown. This study aimed to identify neurobiological markers that track individual differences in VT and reveal the neural link between childhood cumulative trauma (CCT) and VT.MethodsWe used structural and resting‐state functional magnetic resonance imaging before the pandemic to identify prospective brain markers for COVID‐related VT by correlating individuals' VT levels during the pandemic with the gray matter volume (GMV) and seed‐based resting‐state functional connectivity (RSFC) and examined how these brain markers linked CCT to VT in a sample of general young adults (N = 115/100).ResultsWhole‐brain GMV–behavior correlation analysis showed that VT was positively associated with GMV in the right dorsolateral prefrontal gyrus (DLPFC). Using the cluster derived from the GMV–behavior correlation analysis as the seed region, we further revealed that the RSFC between the right DLPFC and right precuneus was negatively associated with VT. Importantly, the right DLPFC volume and DLPFC‐precuneus RSFC mediated the effect of CCT on VT. These findings remained unaffected by factors such as family socioeconomic status, other stressful life events, and general mental health.ConclusionsOverall, our study presents structural and functional brain markers for VT and highlights these brain‐based markers as a potential neural mechanism linking CCT to COVID‐related VT, which has implications for treating and preventing the development of trauma‐related mental disorders.

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Trajectories and predictors of vicarious traumatization in Chinese college students during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal study

Cited by 3 publications

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Health-related behavioral changes during the COVID-19 pandemic. A comparison between cohorts of French and Italian university students

Health-related behavioral changes during the COVID-19 pandemic. A comparison between cohorts of French and Italian university students

Network analysis of the association between Dark Triad traits and depression symptoms in university students

Brain structure and functional connectivity linking childhood cumulative trauma to COVID‐19 vicarious traumatization

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