Health anxiety, coping mechanisms and COVID 19: An Indian community sample at week 1 of lockdown

被引：12

作者：

Millar, Evelyn Barron ^{[1
]}

Singhal, Divya ^{[2
]}

Vijayaraghavan, Padmanabhan ^{[2
]}

Seshadri, Shekhar ^{[3
]}

Smith, Eleanor ^{[4
,5
]}

Dixon, Pauline ^{[6
]}

Humble, Steve ^{[6
]}

Rodgers, Jacqui ^{[1
]}

Sharma, Aditya Narain ^{[4
,5
]}

机构：

[1] Newcastle Univ, Fac Med Sci, Populat Hlth Sci Inst, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, England

[2] Goa Inst Management, Sanquelim, Goa, India

[3] Natl Inst Mental Hlth & Neurosci, Bengaluru, India

[4] Newcastle Univ, Fac Med Sci, Translat & Clin Res Inst, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, England

[5] Cumbria Northumberland Tyne & Wear NHS Fdn Trust, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, England

[6] Newcastle Univ, Fac Humanities & Social Sci, Sch Educ Commun & Language Sci, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, England

来源：

PLOS ONE | 2021年 / 16卷 / 04期

关键词：

ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; OF-FIT INDEXES; SOCIAL MEDIA; UNCERTAINTY; INTOLERANCE; LOCUS; IMPACT; POPULATION; RESILIENCE; APPRAISALS;

D O I：

10.1371/journal.pone.0250336

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

It is critical to gain an understanding of the impact of the COVID 19 pandemic and the associated lockdown restrictions on the psychological, social and behavioural functioning of the general public, in order to inform public health promotion and future health service resource allocation. This cross-sectional study, completed during week 1 of lockdown in India, reports on data from 234 participants using an online survey. Data regarding health anxiety, coping mechanisms and locus of control was collected. Structural equation modelling was used to assess the relationship between locus of control, coping mechanisms, health anxiety and age. Age related differences in both locus of control and coping strategies were found. Younger people experienced more health-related anxiety and were more likely to engage with social media as a coping mechanism. Mindfulness-based strategies may reduce health anxiety by increasing tolerance of uncertainty experienced during the COVID 19 pandemic.

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