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Association between psychological resilience and changes in mental distress during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Source :
- Journal of Affective Disorders, J Affect Disord
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2021.
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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.
- Subjects :
- Male
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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Logistic regression
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Mental distress
0302 clinical medicine
Pandemic
Humans
Association (psychology)
Pandemics
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Aged
Poverty
SARS-CoV-2
1. No poverty
COVID-19
Middle Aged
Resilience, Psychological
Mental health
030227 psychiatry
Psychiatry and Mental health
Clinical Psychology
Psychological resilience
Psychology
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Demography
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01650327
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Affective Disorders
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b8753c51efd965e78c443c02e5d09a51
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.12.071