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Factors Related to Mental Health During the COVID-19 Lockdown in Spain
The COVID-19 disease has forced governments to adopt exceptional measures. The lockdown decreed in Spain in 2020 required citizens to stay confined at home, which might have affected their mental health. The objective is to identify factors that influenced adults' mental health during this peri...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8422965/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34504464 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.715792 |
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author | Pinedo, Ruth Vicario-Molina, Isabel González Ortega, Eva Palacios Picos, Andrés |
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description | The COVID-19 disease has forced governments to adopt exceptional measures. The lockdown decreed in Spain in 2020 required citizens to stay confined at home, which might have affected their mental health. The objective is to identify factors that influenced adults' mental health during this period. A sample of 3,508 adults from the Spanish general population completed an online survey that collected sociodemographic data and information about daily planning and activities, healthy habits, loneliness, coping humor and mental health. Data were analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling. According to the results, the proposed model showed good fit values, and latent variables explained 30% of the variance in mental health. Loneliness, coping humor, healthy habits, age and gender had a significant weight in the prediction of mental health during lockdown. Area of residence, number of days of confinement and number of people in the household were not related to mental health. This study addresses the effect of COVID-19 and social distancing measures by identifying risk and protective factors for the development of mental health difficulties. There is a need to target specific and early interventions aimed at mitigating the psychological impact of the pandemic while increasing well-being, especially in more vulnerable groups. |
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spelling | pubmed-84229652021-09-08 Factors Related to Mental Health During the COVID-19 Lockdown in Spain Pinedo, Ruth Vicario-Molina, Isabel González Ortega, Eva Palacios Picos, Andrés Front Psychol Psychology The COVID-19 disease has forced governments to adopt exceptional measures. The lockdown decreed in Spain in 2020 required citizens to stay confined at home, which might have affected their mental health. The objective is to identify factors that influenced adults' mental health during this period. A sample of 3,508 adults from the Spanish general population completed an online survey that collected sociodemographic data and information about daily planning and activities, healthy habits, loneliness, coping humor and mental health. Data were analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling. According to the results, the proposed model showed good fit values, and latent variables explained 30% of the variance in mental health. Loneliness, coping humor, healthy habits, age and gender had a significant weight in the prediction of mental health during lockdown. Area of residence, number of days of confinement and number of people in the household were not related to mental health. This study addresses the effect of COVID-19 and social distancing measures by identifying risk and protective factors for the development of mental health difficulties. There is a need to target specific and early interventions aimed at mitigating the psychological impact of the pandemic while increasing well-being, especially in more vulnerable groups. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-08-24 /pmc/articles/PMC8422965/ /pubmed/34504464 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.715792 Text en Copyright © 2021 Pinedo, Vicario-Molina, González Ortega and Palacios Picos. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Pinedo, Ruth Vicario-Molina, Isabel González Ortega, Eva Palacios Picos, Andrés Factors Related to Mental Health During the COVID-19 Lockdown in Spain |
title | Factors Related to Mental Health During the COVID-19 Lockdown in Spain |
title_full | Factors Related to Mental Health During the COVID-19 Lockdown in Spain |
title_fullStr | Factors Related to Mental Health During the COVID-19 Lockdown in Spain |
title_full_unstemmed | Factors Related to Mental Health During the COVID-19 Lockdown in Spain |
title_short | Factors Related to Mental Health During the COVID-19 Lockdown in Spain |
title_sort | factors related to mental health during the covid-19 lockdown in spain |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8422965/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34504464 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.715792 |
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