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Stressors and uplifts of confinement due to covid‐19: A longitudinal study on mental health in a sample of academic and administrative university staff in Spain

The rapid spread of COVID‐19 caused many countries to decide to enter full lockdown, a circumstance that impacted all aspects of life, including mental health. The present longitudinal study aimed to analyse how stressors and uplifts of confinement were linked to psychological symptoms at three diff...

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Autores principales: González Gutiérrez, José Luis, Écija Gallardo, Mari Carmen, Matías Pompa, Borja, Alonso Fernández, Miriam, Pacho Hernández, Juan Carlos, López López, Almudena
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9538372/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36075578
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smi.3197
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author González Gutiérrez, José Luis
Écija Gallardo, Mari Carmen
Matías Pompa, Borja
Alonso Fernández, Miriam
Pacho Hernández, Juan Carlos
López López, Almudena
author_facet González Gutiérrez, José Luis
Écija Gallardo, Mari Carmen
Matías Pompa, Borja
Alonso Fernández, Miriam
Pacho Hernández, Juan Carlos
López López, Almudena
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description The rapid spread of COVID‐19 caused many countries to decide to enter full lockdown, a circumstance that impacted all aspects of life, including mental health. The present longitudinal study aimed to analyse how stressors and uplifts of confinement were linked to psychological symptoms at three different time points: during the full lockdown (wave 1), after the gradual lifting of restrictions (wave 2) and after confinement (wave 3). The sample was made up by one hundred and twenty academic and administrative staff from a big University in Spain, they all completed an online survey. Results showed that psychological status did not change over time, but a significant interindividual variability was found throughout. Some stressors were only linked to symptoms at wave 1, but others maintained their associations during waves 2 and 3. Uplifts were, for the most part, inversely (and exclusively) linked to symptoms at wave 1. However, some of them, although enjoyable, were paradoxically linked to worse mental health at wave 1, and even at waves 2 and 3. These findings highlight the importance of providing preventive psychological strategies for mental distress before, during and after confinement.
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spelling pubmed-95383722022-10-11 Stressors and uplifts of confinement due to covid‐19: A longitudinal study on mental health in a sample of academic and administrative university staff in Spain González Gutiérrez, José Luis Écija Gallardo, Mari Carmen Matías Pompa, Borja Alonso Fernández, Miriam Pacho Hernández, Juan Carlos López López, Almudena Stress Health Research Article The rapid spread of COVID‐19 caused many countries to decide to enter full lockdown, a circumstance that impacted all aspects of life, including mental health. The present longitudinal study aimed to analyse how stressors and uplifts of confinement were linked to psychological symptoms at three different time points: during the full lockdown (wave 1), after the gradual lifting of restrictions (wave 2) and after confinement (wave 3). The sample was made up by one hundred and twenty academic and administrative staff from a big University in Spain, they all completed an online survey. Results showed that psychological status did not change over time, but a significant interindividual variability was found throughout. Some stressors were only linked to symptoms at wave 1, but others maintained their associations during waves 2 and 3. Uplifts were, for the most part, inversely (and exclusively) linked to symptoms at wave 1. However, some of them, although enjoyable, were paradoxically linked to worse mental health at wave 1, and even at waves 2 and 3. These findings highlight the importance of providing preventive psychological strategies for mental distress before, during and after confinement. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-09-13 /pmc/articles/PMC9538372/ /pubmed/36075578 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smi.3197 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Stress and Health published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
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González Gutiérrez, José Luis
Écija Gallardo, Mari Carmen
Matías Pompa, Borja
Alonso Fernández, Miriam
Pacho Hernández, Juan Carlos
López López, Almudena
Stressors and uplifts of confinement due to covid‐19: A longitudinal study on mental health in a sample of academic and administrative university staff in Spain
title Stressors and uplifts of confinement due to covid‐19: A longitudinal study on mental health in a sample of academic and administrative university staff in Spain
title_full Stressors and uplifts of confinement due to covid‐19: A longitudinal study on mental health in a sample of academic and administrative university staff in Spain
title_fullStr Stressors and uplifts of confinement due to covid‐19: A longitudinal study on mental health in a sample of academic and administrative university staff in Spain
title_full_unstemmed Stressors and uplifts of confinement due to covid‐19: A longitudinal study on mental health in a sample of academic and administrative university staff in Spain
title_short Stressors and uplifts of confinement due to covid‐19: A longitudinal study on mental health in a sample of academic and administrative university staff in Spain
title_sort stressors and uplifts of confinement due to covid‐19: a longitudinal study on mental health in a sample of academic and administrative university staff in spain
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9538372/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36075578
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smi.3197
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