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The good, the bad, and the mixed: Experiences during COVID-19 among an online sample of adults
Studies have outlined the negative consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic to psychological health. However, the potential within-individual diversity of experiences during COVID-19, and how such experiences relate to indices of psychological distress and COVID-19-specific stressors, remains to be exp...
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2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9231712/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35749457 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269382 |
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author | Mills, Devin J. Petrovic, Julia Mettler, Jessica Hamza, Chloe A. Heath, Nancy L. |
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description | Studies have outlined the negative consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic to psychological health. However, the potential within-individual diversity of experiences during COVID-19, and how such experiences relate to indices of psychological distress and COVID-19-specific stressors, remains to be explored. A large online sample of American MTurk Workers (N = 3,731; M(age) = 39.54 years, SD = 13.12; 51.70% female) completed short assessments of psychological distress, COVID-19-specific stressors (e.g., wage loss, death), and seven items assessing negative and positive COVID-19 experiences. Latent profile analyses were used to identify underlying profiles of COVID-19 experiences. A four-profile solution was retained representing profiles that were: (1) predominantly positive (n = 839; 22.49%), (2) predominantly negative (n = 849; 22.76%), (3) moderately mixed (n = 1,748; 46.85%), and (4) high mixed (n = 295; 7.91%). The predominantly positive profile was associated with lower psychological distress, whereas both the predominantly negative and high mixed profiles were associated with higher psychological distress. Interestingly, specific COVID-19 stressful events were associated with the high mixed profile. The present study challenges the narrative that the impacts of COVID-19 have been unilaterally negative. Future directions for research are proposed. |
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spelling | pubmed-92317122022-06-25 The good, the bad, and the mixed: Experiences during COVID-19 among an online sample of adults Mills, Devin J. Petrovic, Julia Mettler, Jessica Hamza, Chloe A. Heath, Nancy L. PLoS One Research Article Studies have outlined the negative consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic to psychological health. However, the potential within-individual diversity of experiences during COVID-19, and how such experiences relate to indices of psychological distress and COVID-19-specific stressors, remains to be explored. A large online sample of American MTurk Workers (N = 3,731; M(age) = 39.54 years, SD = 13.12; 51.70% female) completed short assessments of psychological distress, COVID-19-specific stressors (e.g., wage loss, death), and seven items assessing negative and positive COVID-19 experiences. Latent profile analyses were used to identify underlying profiles of COVID-19 experiences. A four-profile solution was retained representing profiles that were: (1) predominantly positive (n = 839; 22.49%), (2) predominantly negative (n = 849; 22.76%), (3) moderately mixed (n = 1,748; 46.85%), and (4) high mixed (n = 295; 7.91%). The predominantly positive profile was associated with lower psychological distress, whereas both the predominantly negative and high mixed profiles were associated with higher psychological distress. Interestingly, specific COVID-19 stressful events were associated with the high mixed profile. The present study challenges the narrative that the impacts of COVID-19 have been unilaterally negative. Future directions for research are proposed. Public Library of Science 2022-06-24 /pmc/articles/PMC9231712/ /pubmed/35749457 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269382 Text en © 2022 Mills 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. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Mills, Devin J. Petrovic, Julia Mettler, Jessica Hamza, Chloe A. Heath, Nancy L. The good, the bad, and the mixed: Experiences during COVID-19 among an online sample of adults |
title | The good, the bad, and the mixed: Experiences during COVID-19 among an online sample of adults |
title_full | The good, the bad, and the mixed: Experiences during COVID-19 among an online sample of adults |
title_fullStr | The good, the bad, and the mixed: Experiences during COVID-19 among an online sample of adults |
title_full_unstemmed | The good, the bad, and the mixed: Experiences during COVID-19 among an online sample of adults |
title_short | The good, the bad, and the mixed: Experiences during COVID-19 among an online sample of adults |
title_sort | good, the bad, and the mixed: experiences during covid-19 among an online sample of adults |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9231712/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35749457 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269382 |
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