Cargando…

The Impact of COVID-19 on Distress Tolerance in Pakistani Men and Women

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is an infectious disease that spread across the world, bringing with it serious mental health problems for men and women. Women in Pakistan are infected with COVID-19 at a much lower rate than men, yet report worse mental health. To explain this paradox, we surveyed...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Shahzad, Salman, Kliewer, Wendy, Bano, Nasreen, Begum, Nasreen, Ali, Zulfiqar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9209777/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35747680
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.852121
_version_ 1784730022503776256
author Shahzad, Salman
Kliewer, Wendy
Bano, Nasreen
Begum, Nasreen
Ali, Zulfiqar
author_facet Shahzad, Salman
Kliewer, Wendy
Bano, Nasreen
Begum, Nasreen
Ali, Zulfiqar
author_sort Shahzad, Salman
collection PubMed
description The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is an infectious disease that spread across the world, bringing with it serious mental health problems for men and women. Women in Pakistan are infected with COVID-19 at a much lower rate than men, yet report worse mental health. To explain this paradox, we surveyed 190 participants (46% male) shortly following the country lockdown, focusing on perceptions of the COVID-19 impact and positive adjustment. Measures used in this study included the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale and Distress Tolerance Scale. Factor analysis revealed five distinct areas related to COVID-19, which did not differ by sex. However, men reported higher levels of both distress tolerance and well-being than women. High endorsement of actions to protect against COVID-19 was related to lower distress tolerance scores, but in different ways for men and women. Men, but not women, who endorsed more protective measures to stop the pandemic reported higher DTS absorption scores, and therefore being more consumed by distress; women who endorsed more protective measures to stop the pandemic reported less acceptance of distress than men, as reflected in DTS appraisal scores. An in-depth analysis of women’s beliefs and behaviors related to COVID-19 is warranted to understand why Pakistani women who are infected with COVID-19 at lower rates than men show more mental health symptoms.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-9209777
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2022
publisher Frontiers Media S.A.
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-92097772022-06-22 The Impact of COVID-19 on Distress Tolerance in Pakistani Men and Women Shahzad, Salman Kliewer, Wendy Bano, Nasreen Begum, Nasreen Ali, Zulfiqar Front Psychol Psychology The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is an infectious disease that spread across the world, bringing with it serious mental health problems for men and women. Women in Pakistan are infected with COVID-19 at a much lower rate than men, yet report worse mental health. To explain this paradox, we surveyed 190 participants (46% male) shortly following the country lockdown, focusing on perceptions of the COVID-19 impact and positive adjustment. Measures used in this study included the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale and Distress Tolerance Scale. Factor analysis revealed five distinct areas related to COVID-19, which did not differ by sex. However, men reported higher levels of both distress tolerance and well-being than women. High endorsement of actions to protect against COVID-19 was related to lower distress tolerance scores, but in different ways for men and women. Men, but not women, who endorsed more protective measures to stop the pandemic reported higher DTS absorption scores, and therefore being more consumed by distress; women who endorsed more protective measures to stop the pandemic reported less acceptance of distress than men, as reflected in DTS appraisal scores. An in-depth analysis of women’s beliefs and behaviors related to COVID-19 is warranted to understand why Pakistani women who are infected with COVID-19 at lower rates than men show more mental health symptoms. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-06-07 /pmc/articles/PMC9209777/ /pubmed/35747680 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.852121 Text en Copyright © 2022 Shahzad, Kliewer, Bano, Begum and Ali. 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
Shahzad, Salman
Kliewer, Wendy
Bano, Nasreen
Begum, Nasreen
Ali, Zulfiqar
The Impact of COVID-19 on Distress Tolerance in Pakistani Men and Women
title The Impact of COVID-19 on Distress Tolerance in Pakistani Men and Women
title_full The Impact of COVID-19 on Distress Tolerance in Pakistani Men and Women
title_fullStr The Impact of COVID-19 on Distress Tolerance in Pakistani Men and Women
title_full_unstemmed The Impact of COVID-19 on Distress Tolerance in Pakistani Men and Women
title_short The Impact of COVID-19 on Distress Tolerance in Pakistani Men and Women
title_sort impact of covid-19 on distress tolerance in pakistani men and women
topic Psychology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9209777/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35747680
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.852121
work_keys_str_mv AT shahzadsalman theimpactofcovid19ondistresstoleranceinpakistanimenandwomen
AT kliewerwendy theimpactofcovid19ondistresstoleranceinpakistanimenandwomen
AT banonasreen theimpactofcovid19ondistresstoleranceinpakistanimenandwomen
AT begumnasreen theimpactofcovid19ondistresstoleranceinpakistanimenandwomen
AT alizulfiqar theimpactofcovid19ondistresstoleranceinpakistanimenandwomen
AT shahzadsalman impactofcovid19ondistresstoleranceinpakistanimenandwomen
AT kliewerwendy impactofcovid19ondistresstoleranceinpakistanimenandwomen
AT banonasreen impactofcovid19ondistresstoleranceinpakistanimenandwomen
AT begumnasreen impactofcovid19ondistresstoleranceinpakistanimenandwomen
AT alizulfiqar impactofcovid19ondistresstoleranceinpakistanimenandwomen