Patterns of psychological responses among the public during the early phase of covid-19: A cross-regional analysis

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dc.contributor.authorChong, Y. Y.
dc.contributor.authorChien, W. T.
dc.contributor.authorCheng, H. Y.
dc.contributor.authorLamnisos, D.
dc.contributor.authorLubenko, J.
dc.contributor.authorPresti, G.
dc.contributor.authorSquatrito, V.
dc.contributor.authorConstantinou, M.
dc.contributor.authorNicolaou, C.
dc.contributor.authorPapacosta, S.
dc.contributor.authorAydin, G.
dc.contributor.authorRuiz, F. J.
dc.contributor.authorGarcia-Martin, M. B.
dc.contributor.authorObando-Posada, D. P.
dc.contributor.authorSegura-Vargas, M. A.
dc.contributor.authorVasiliou, Vasilis S.
dc.contributor.authorMcHugh, L.
dc.contributor.authorHöfer, S.
dc.contributor.authorBaban, A.
dc.contributor.authorNeto, D. D.
dc.contributor.authorda Silva, A. N.
dc.contributor.authorMonestès, J. L.
dc.contributor.authorAlvarez-Galvez, J.
dc.contributor.authorBlarrina, M. P.
dc.contributor.authorMontesinos, F.
dc.contributor.authorSalas, S. V.
dc.contributor.authorOri, D.
dc.contributor.authorKleszcz, B.
dc.contributor.authorLappalainen, R.
dc.contributor.authorIvanovic, I.
dc.contributor.authorGosar, D.
dc.contributor.authorDionne, F.
dc.contributor.authorMerwin, R. M.
dc.contributor.authorGloster, A. T.
dc.contributor.authorKarekla, M.
dc.contributor.authorKassianos, A. P.
dc.contributor.funderChinese University of Hong Kongen
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-28T13:11:28Z
dc.date.available2021-04-28T13:11:28Z
dc.date.issued2021-04-14
dc.date.updated2021-04-28T13:03:57Z
dc.description.abstractThis study aimed to compare the mediation of psychological flexibility, prosociality and coping in the impacts of illness perceptions toward COVID-19 on mental health among seven regions. Convenience sampled online survey was conducted between April and June 2020 from 9130 citizens in 21 countries. Illness perceptions toward COVID-19, psychological flexibility, prosociality, coping and mental health, socio-demographics, lockdown-related variables and COVID-19 status were assessed. Results showed that psychological flexibility was the only significant mediator in the relationship between illness perceptions toward COVID-19 and mental health across all regions (all ps = 0.001–0.021). Seeking social support was the significant mediator across subgroups (all ps range = <0.001–0.005) except from the Hong Kong sample (p = 0.06) and the North and South American sample (p = 0.53). No mediation was found for problem-solving (except from the Northern European sample, p = 0.009). Prosociality was the significant mediator in the Hong Kong sample (p = 0.016) and the Eastern European sample (p = 0.008). These findings indicate that fostering psychological flexibility may help to mitigate the adverse mental impacts of COVID-19 across regions. Roles of seeking social support, problem-solving and prosociality vary across regions.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThe Chinese University of Hong Kong (Seeding Research Fund, The Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
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dc.identifier.articleid4143en
dc.identifier.citationChong, Y. Y., Chien, W. T., Cheng, H. Y., Lamnisos, D., Ļubenko, J., Presti, G., Squatrito, V., Constantinou, M., Nicolaou, C., Papacostas, S., Aydin, G., Ruiz, F. J., Garcia-Martin, M. B., Obando-Posada, D. P., Segura-Vargas, M. A., Vasiliou, V. S., McHugh, L., Höfer, S., Baban, A., Neto, D. D., Silva, A. N. d., Monestès, J.-L., Alvarez-Galvez, J., Blarrina, M. P., Montesinos, F., Salas, S. V., Őri, D., Kleszcz, B., Lappalainen, R., Ivanović, I., Gosar, D., Dionne, F., Merwin, R. M., Gloster, A. T., Karekla, M. and Kassianos, A. P. (2021) 'Patterns of Psychological Responses among the Public during the Early Phase of COVID-19: A Cross-Regional Analysis', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(8), 4143 (19 pp). doi: 10.3390/ijerph18084143en
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/ijerph18084143en
dc.identifier.endpage19en
dc.identifier.issn1661-7827
dc.identifier.issued8en
dc.identifier.journaltitleInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Healthen
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/11232
dc.identifier.volume18en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherMDPIen
dc.rights© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly citeden
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectCOVID-19en
dc.subjectMental healthen
dc.subjectProsocialityen
dc.subjectPsychological flexibilityen
dc.subjectSurveyen
dc.titlePatterns of psychological responses among the public during the early phase of covid-19: A cross-regional analysisen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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