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Psychological factors associated with COVID-19 related anxiety and depression in young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic

BACKGROUND: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the corresponding lockdown have drastically changed our lives and led to high psychological distress and mental health problems. This study examined whether psychological factors such as loneliness, perfectionism, and health anxiety ar...

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Autores principales: Lee, Ye Eun, Seo, Jun Ho, Kim, Shin Tae, Jeon, Sumoa, Park, Chun Il, Kim, Se Joo, Kang, Jee In
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Publicado: Public Library of Science 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10237641/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37267377
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0286636
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author Lee, Ye Eun
Seo, Jun Ho
Kim, Shin Tae
Jeon, Sumoa
Park, Chun Il
Kim, Se Joo
Kang, Jee In
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Seo, Jun Ho
Kim, Shin Tae
Jeon, Sumoa
Park, Chun Il
Kim, Se Joo
Kang, Jee In
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description BACKGROUND: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the corresponding lockdown have drastically changed our lives and led to high psychological distress and mental health problems. This study examined whether psychological factors such as loneliness, perfectionism, and health anxiety are associated with COVID-19 related anxiety and depression during the pandemic in young Korean adults, after controlling for various socio-demographic factors and early life stress. METHODS: A total of 189 participants (58.2% women) completed a cross-sectional online survey including the Fear of COVID-19 Scale, Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, 3-item Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale, Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale, and Whiteley Index-6. Hierarchical linear regression analyses with three blocks were employed to identify the factors that contributed to COVID-19 related anxiety and depressive symptoms. RESULTS: Hierarchical regression analyses showed that higher health anxiety was significantly associated with more severe COVID-19 related anxiety (standardized regression coefficient, β = 0.599, p < 0.001). Additionally, higher levels of loneliness (β = 0.482, p < 0.001), perfectionism (β = 0.124, p = 0.035), and health anxiety (β = 0.228, p < 0.001) were significantly associated with higher depression scores. The three psychological factors explained 32.8% of the total variance in depressive symptom scores, after taking all covariates into account. CONCLUSION: The results showed that health anxiety was a risk factor for both COVID-19 related anxiety and depression in young adults. Loneliness was the strongest predictor of depressive symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic. These findings highlight the importance of identifying vulnerable individuals and encouraging psychological counselling and social connections to reduce the burden of psychiatric disorders during the pandemic.
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spelling pubmed-102376412023-06-03 Psychological factors associated with COVID-19 related anxiety and depression in young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic Lee, Ye Eun Seo, Jun Ho Kim, Shin Tae Jeon, Sumoa Park, Chun Il Kim, Se Joo Kang, Jee In PLoS One Research Article BACKGROUND: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the corresponding lockdown have drastically changed our lives and led to high psychological distress and mental health problems. This study examined whether psychological factors such as loneliness, perfectionism, and health anxiety are associated with COVID-19 related anxiety and depression during the pandemic in young Korean adults, after controlling for various socio-demographic factors and early life stress. METHODS: A total of 189 participants (58.2% women) completed a cross-sectional online survey including the Fear of COVID-19 Scale, Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, 3-item Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale, Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale, and Whiteley Index-6. Hierarchical linear regression analyses with three blocks were employed to identify the factors that contributed to COVID-19 related anxiety and depressive symptoms. RESULTS: Hierarchical regression analyses showed that higher health anxiety was significantly associated with more severe COVID-19 related anxiety (standardized regression coefficient, β = 0.599, p < 0.001). Additionally, higher levels of loneliness (β = 0.482, p < 0.001), perfectionism (β = 0.124, p = 0.035), and health anxiety (β = 0.228, p < 0.001) were significantly associated with higher depression scores. The three psychological factors explained 32.8% of the total variance in depressive symptom scores, after taking all covariates into account. CONCLUSION: The results showed that health anxiety was a risk factor for both COVID-19 related anxiety and depression in young adults. Loneliness was the strongest predictor of depressive symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic. These findings highlight the importance of identifying vulnerable individuals and encouraging psychological counselling and social connections to reduce the burden of psychiatric disorders during the pandemic. Public Library of Science 2023-06-02 /pmc/articles/PMC10237641/ /pubmed/37267377 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0286636 Text en © 2023 Lee et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Jeon, Sumoa
Park, Chun Il
Kim, Se Joo
Kang, Jee In
Psychological factors associated with COVID-19 related anxiety and depression in young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic
title Psychological factors associated with COVID-19 related anxiety and depression in young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic
title_full Psychological factors associated with COVID-19 related anxiety and depression in young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic
title_fullStr Psychological factors associated with COVID-19 related anxiety and depression in young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic
title_full_unstemmed Psychological factors associated with COVID-19 related anxiety and depression in young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic
title_short Psychological factors associated with COVID-19 related anxiety and depression in young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic
title_sort psychological factors associated with covid-19 related anxiety and depression in young adults during the covid-19 pandemic
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10237641/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37267377
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0286636
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