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About 83000 COVID-19 patients were confirmed in China up to May 2020. The effects of this public health crisis - and the varied efforts to contains its spread - have altered individuals "normal" daily functioning. This impact on social, psychological, and emotional well-being remain relatively unexplored, especially the ways in which Chinese men and women experience and respond to potential behavioral-related stressors. A cross-sectional study was conducted in late February 2020. Demographic characteristics and residential living conditions were measured along with psychological stress and behavior responses to the COVID-19 epidemic. 3088 questionnaires were received: 1749 females (56.6%) and 1339 males (43.4%). The mean level of stress, as measured by a visual analog scale, was 3.4 (SD=2.4) - but differed significantly by sex. Besides sex, factors positively associated with stress included: age ([≤]45 years), employment (unsteady income, unemployed), risk infection population (exposed to COVID-19, completed medical observation), difficulties encountered (diseases, work/study, financial, mental), behaviors(higher desire for COVID-19 knowledge, more time spent on the COVID-19). "Protective" factors included frequently contact with colleagues, calmness, and psychological resilience. Males and females also differed significantly in adapting to current living/working status, coping with heating, and psychological support service needs. Among Chinese, self-reported stress related to the COVID-19 epidemic were significantly related to sex, age, employment, resilience and coping styles. Future responses to such public health threats may wish to provide sex- and/or age-appropriate supports for psychological health and emotional well-being to those at greatest risk of experiencing stress.
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Objective To investigate the prevalence of physically violent behavior among 18-34 years old males in Chengdu.Methods 2 151 males aged 18-34 years was recruited in Chengdu,using a multistage stratified random sampling method."Men' s health and modem lifestyles survey questionnaire" was adopted to collect information on demography,physical violent behavior,attitude and reactions to violence.Results Self-reported prevalence of physical violent behavior since 15 years of age among those 18-34 year-old males was 51.8％.17.8％ of the young males reported having violent behavior in the past 5 years,but the prevalence declined progressively with age (P＜0.01).People who were religious or remained single had higher prevalence rates than those non-religious,married or having regular sex partners (P＜0.01).Prevalence seemed relatively high in students or workers at service/commercial fields,with rates as 24.5％ and 20.3％.Conclusion Data from our study suggested that physical violence was an important problem among young males in Chengdu.Factors as being young,single,divorced or widowed were associated with self-reported violent behavior.People who were religious,being students or working at the service/commercial fields seemed to be under high risk of carrying physical violence.
