COVID-19 and traumatic stress: The role of perceived vulnerability, COVID-19-related worries, and social isolation.
J Anxiety Disord
; 76: 102307, 2020 12.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-753347
ABSTRACT
The purpose of the present study was to propose and test two models to understand the relationship between perceived vulnerability to COVID-19 (PVC) and COVID-19-related traumatic stress (TS), as well as the variables that may mediate and moderate this relationship among individuals who have not yet been infected with COVID-19. Using an online survey, data were collected between late March and early April 2020. Participants were recruited through Amazon Mechanical Turk and included 747 adults living in the United States. Supporting our hypotheses, results indicated that both COVID-19-related worries and social isolation were significant mediators of the relationship between PVC and TS (Model 1). In addition, the results of a moderated mediation analysis indicated that the indirect effect of PVC on TS through COVID-19-related worries was stronger for participants who reported greater social isolation (Model 2). Although future research is needed, these findings suggest that both social isolation and disease-related worries may be important variables that can be targeted in interventions to reduce pandemic-related TS.
Keywords
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International databases
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Anxiety
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Pneumonia, Viral
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Social Isolation
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Stress, Psychological
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Surveys and Questionnaires
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Coronavirus Infections
Type of study:
Observational study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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Young adult
Country/Region as subject:
North America
Language:
English
Journal:
J Anxiety Disord
Journal subject:
Psychiatry
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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