Association between psychological resilience and changes in mental distress during the COVID-19 pandemic.
J Affect Disord
; 282: 381-385, 2021 03 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-988223
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Psychological responses to potentially traumatic events tend to be heterogeneous, with some individuals displaying resilience. Longitudinal associations between resilience and mental distress during the COVID-19 pandemic, however, are poorly understood. The objective of this study was to examine the association between resilience and trajectories of mental distress during the COVID-19 pandemic.METHODS:
Participants were 6,008 adults from the Understanding America Study, a probability-based Internet-panel representative of the US adult population. Baseline data were collected between March 10 and March 31, 2020, with nine follow-up waves conducted between April 1 and August 4. Mixed-effects logistic regression was used to examine the association between date and mental distress, stratified by resilience level (low, normal, or high).RESULTS:
In contrast to the high resilience group, participants in the low and normal resilience groups experienced increases in mental distress in the early months of the pandemic (low OR=2.94, 95% CI=1.93-4.46; normal OR=1.91, 95% CI=1.55-2.35). Men, middle-aged and older adults, Black adults, and adults with a graduate degree were more likely to report high resilience, whereas adults living below the poverty line were less likely to report high resilience.LIMITATIONS:
These associations should not be interpreted as causal, and resilience was measured at only one time-point.CONCLUSIONS:
Trajectories of mental distress varied markedly by resilience level during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, with low-resilience adults reporting the largest increases in mental distress during this crisis. Activities that foster resilience should be included in broader strategies to support mental health throughout the pandemic.Keywords
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Resilience, Psychological
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Experimental Studies
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
English
Journal:
J Affect Disord
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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