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COVID stress syndrome: Concept, structure, and correlates
BACKGROUND: Research shows that the COVID Stress Scales have a robust multifactorial structure, representing five correlated facets of COVID‐19‐related distress: (a) Fear of the dangerousness of COVID‐19, which includes fear of coming into contact with fomites potentially contaminated with SARSCoV2,...
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2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7362150/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32627255 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/da.23071 |
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author | Taylor, Steven Landry, Caeleigh A. Paluszek, Michelle M. Fergus, Thomas A. McKay, Dean Asmundson, Gordon J. G. |
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description | BACKGROUND: Research shows that the COVID Stress Scales have a robust multifactorial structure, representing five correlated facets of COVID‐19‐related distress: (a) Fear of the dangerousness of COVID‐19, which includes fear of coming into contact with fomites potentially contaminated with SARSCoV2, (b) worry about socioeconomic costs of COVID‐19 (e.g., worry about personal finances and disruption in the supply chain), (c) xenophobic fears that foreigners are spreading SARSCoV2, (d) traumatic stress symptoms associated with direct or vicarious traumatic exposure to COVID‐19 (nightmares, intrusive thoughts, or images related to COVID‐19), and (e) COVID‐19‐related compulsive checking and reassurance seeking. These factors cohere to form a COVID stress syndrome, which we sought to further delineate in the present study. METHODS: A population‐representative sample of 6,854 American and Canadian adults completed a self‐report survey comprising questions about current mental health and COVID‐19‐related experiences, distress, and coping. RESULTS: Network analysis revealed that worry about the dangerousness of COVID‐19 is the central feature of the syndrome. Latent class analysis indicated that the syndrome is quasi‐dimensional, comprising five classes differing in syndrome severity. Sixteen percent of participants were in the most severe class and possibly needing mental health services. Syndrome severity was correlated with preexisting psychopathology and with excessive COVID‐19‐related avoidance, panic buying, and coping difficulties during self‐isolation. CONCLUSION: The findings provide new information about the structure and correlates of COVID stress syndrome. Further research is needed to determine whether the syndrome will abate once the pandemic has passed or whether, for some individuals, it becomes a chronic condition. |
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spelling | pubmed-73621502020-07-15 COVID stress syndrome: Concept, structure, and correlates Taylor, Steven Landry, Caeleigh A. Paluszek, Michelle M. Fergus, Thomas A. McKay, Dean Asmundson, Gordon J. G. Depress Anxiety Research Articles BACKGROUND: Research shows that the COVID Stress Scales have a robust multifactorial structure, representing five correlated facets of COVID‐19‐related distress: (a) Fear of the dangerousness of COVID‐19, which includes fear of coming into contact with fomites potentially contaminated with SARSCoV2, (b) worry about socioeconomic costs of COVID‐19 (e.g., worry about personal finances and disruption in the supply chain), (c) xenophobic fears that foreigners are spreading SARSCoV2, (d) traumatic stress symptoms associated with direct or vicarious traumatic exposure to COVID‐19 (nightmares, intrusive thoughts, or images related to COVID‐19), and (e) COVID‐19‐related compulsive checking and reassurance seeking. These factors cohere to form a COVID stress syndrome, which we sought to further delineate in the present study. METHODS: A population‐representative sample of 6,854 American and Canadian adults completed a self‐report survey comprising questions about current mental health and COVID‐19‐related experiences, distress, and coping. RESULTS: Network analysis revealed that worry about the dangerousness of COVID‐19 is the central feature of the syndrome. Latent class analysis indicated that the syndrome is quasi‐dimensional, comprising five classes differing in syndrome severity. Sixteen percent of participants were in the most severe class and possibly needing mental health services. Syndrome severity was correlated with preexisting psychopathology and with excessive COVID‐19‐related avoidance, panic buying, and coping difficulties during self‐isolation. CONCLUSION: The findings provide new information about the structure and correlates of COVID stress syndrome. Further research is needed to determine whether the syndrome will abate once the pandemic has passed or whether, for some individuals, it becomes a chronic condition. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020-07-05 2020-08 /pmc/articles/PMC7362150/ /pubmed/32627255 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/da.23071 Text en © 2020 The Authors. Depression and Anxiety published by Wiley Periodicals LLC https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Articles Taylor, Steven Landry, Caeleigh A. Paluszek, Michelle M. Fergus, Thomas A. McKay, Dean Asmundson, Gordon J. G. COVID stress syndrome: Concept, structure, and correlates |
title | COVID stress syndrome: Concept, structure, and correlates |
title_full | COVID stress syndrome: Concept, structure, and correlates |
title_fullStr | COVID stress syndrome: Concept, structure, and correlates |
title_full_unstemmed | COVID stress syndrome: Concept, structure, and correlates |
title_short | COVID stress syndrome: Concept, structure, and correlates |
title_sort | covid stress syndrome: concept, structure, and correlates |
topic | Research Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7362150/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32627255 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/da.23071 |
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