Are Attitudes towards COVID-19 Pandemic Related to Subjective Physical and Mental Health?

被引：5

作者：

Khachatryan, Kristine ^{[1
,2
]}

Beutel, Manfred E. ^{[1
]}

Stoebel-Richter, Yve ^{[3
]}

Zenger, Markus ^{[4
,5
]}

Berth, Hendrik ^{[6
]}

Braehler, Elmar ^{[1
,2
]}

Schmidt, Peter ^{[1
,7
,8
]}

机构：

[1] Johannes Gutenberg Univ Mainz, Univ Med Ctr, Dept Psychosomat Med & Psychotherapy, Untere Zahlbacher Str 8, D-55131 Mainz, Germany

[2] Univ Leipzig, Dept Psychiat & Psychotherapy, Med Ctr, Semmelweisstr 10, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany

[3] Univ Appl Sci Zittau Gorlitz, Fac Managerial & Cultural Studies, Furstr 3, D-02826 Gorlitz, Germany

[4] Univ Appl Sci Magdeburg Stendal, Dept Appl Human Studies, Osterburger Str 25, D-39576 Stendal, Germany

[5] Univ Leipzig, Integrated Res & Treatment Ctr Adipos Dis Behav M, Psychosomat Med & Psychotherapy, Med Ctr, Philipp Rosenthal Str 27, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany

[6] Tech Univ Dresden, Med Fac Carl Gustav Carus, Div Psychol & Social Med & Dev Neurosci, Res Grp Med Psychol & Med Sociol, Fetscherstr 74, D-01307 Dresden, Germany

[7] Univ Giessen, Dept Polit Sci, Karl Glockner Str 21E, D-35394 Giessen, Germany

[8] Univ Giessen, Ctr Int Dev & Environm ZEU, Karl Glockner Str 21E, D-35394 Giessen, Germany

来源：

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH | 2022年 / 19卷 / 21期

关键词：

COVID-19; pandemic; anxiety; pandemic denial; longitudinal data; Germany;

D O I：

10.3390/ijerph192114538

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

In this paper, we investigate the relationship between a person's psychological distress, subjective physical health and their attitudes towards the COVID-19 pandemic. The evaluation was performed on the basis of data from two waves of the Saxon Longitudinal Study, carried out in 2019 (pre-pandemic) and 2021. The number of study participants in both waves was 291. We tested in autoregressive cross-lagged models the stability of the respondents' health status before and during the pandemic and reviewed their influence on attitudes towards COVID-19. Our results show that COVID-19-related concerns are controlled by subjective physical health, while pandemic denial is linked to psychological distress. In an unknown and critical situation, with limited control over the situation, the strategy of avoidance or suppression may be used by individuals for protection by psychologically downplaying the stressor and danger.

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