Emotional and Behavioral Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Health Anxiety, Intolerance of Uncertainty, and Distress (In)Tolerance
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- Autoren
- Karoline S Sauer
- Stefanie M Jungmann
- Michael Witthoeft
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- https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=fis-test-1&SrcAuth=WosAPI&KeyUT=WOS:000586390600001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL
- DOI
- 10.3390/ijerph17197241
- eISSN
- 1660-4601
- Externe Identifier
- Clarivate Analytics Document Solution ID: ON0GH
- PubMed Identifier: 33022993
- Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
- 19
- Zeitschrift
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
- Schlüsselwörter
- Covid-19
- virus anxiety
- safety behaviors
- health anxiety
- intolerance of uncertainty
- distress tolerance
- Artikelnummer
- ARTN 7241
- Datum der Veröffentlichung
- 2020
- Status
- Published
- Titel
- Emotional and Behavioral Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Health Anxiety, Intolerance of Uncertainty, and Distress (In)Tolerance
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- Article
- Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
- 17
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- Abstract
- <jats:p>The COVID-19 pandemic represents a worldwide threat to mental health. To optimize the allocation of health care resources, research on specific vulnerability factors, such as health anxiety, intolerance of uncertainty, and distress (in)tolerance, and particularly their effect on the time course of SARS-CoV-2 related anxiety appears crucial for supporting high risk groups suffering from elevated mental distress during the pandemic. N = 887 participants (78.4% female; Mage = 38.15, SD = 17.04) completed an online survey in Germany (April to mid-May 2020), comprising measures of SARS-CoV-2 related anxiety, health anxiety, safety and preventive behavior, intolerance of uncertainty, and distress intolerance. Higher levels of health anxiety pre and during COVID-19 were associated with an initially intensified increase (b = 1.10, p < 0.001), but later on a more rapid dampening (b = −0.18, p < 0.001) of SARS-CoV-2 related anxiety. SARS-CoV-2 related preventive behavior was intensified by both pre (b = 0.06, p = 0.01) and during (b = 0.15, p < 0.001) COVID-19 health anxiety, while reassurance behavior only was associated with health anxiety during COVID-19 (b = 0.14, p < 0.001). Distress intolerance and intolerance of uncertainty did not moderate the relationship between health anxiety and SARS-CoV-2 related anxiety and behavior. The results suggest detrimental effects of health anxiety on the emotional and behavioral response to virus outbreaks.</jats:p>
- Autoren
- Karoline S Sauer
- Stefanie M Jungmann
- Michael Witthöft
- DOI
- 10.3390/ijerph17197241
- eISSN
- 1660-4601
- Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
- 19
- Zeitschrift
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Sprache
- en
- Online publication date
- 2020
- Paginierung
- 7241 - 7241
- Status
- Published online
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- MDPI AG
- Herausgeber URL
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17197241
- Datum der Datenerfassung
- 2020
- Titel
- Emotional and Behavioral Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Health Anxiety, Intolerance of Uncertainty, and Distress (In)Tolerance
- Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
- 17
Datenquelle: Crossref
- Abstract
- The COVID-19 pandemic represents a worldwide threat to mental health. To optimize the allocation of health care resources, research on specific vulnerability factors, such as health anxiety, intolerance of uncertainty, and distress (in)tolerance, and particularly their effect on the time course of SARS-CoV-2 related anxiety appears crucial for supporting high risk groups suffering from elevated mental distress during the pandemic. <i>N</i> = 887 participants (78.4% female; <i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 38.15, <i>SD</i> = 17.04) completed an online survey in Germany (April to mid-May 2020), comprising measures of SARS-CoV-2 related anxiety, health anxiety, safety and preventive behavior, intolerance of uncertainty, and distress intolerance. Higher levels of health anxiety pre and during COVID-19 were associated with an initially intensified increase (<i>b</i> = 1.10, <i>p</i> < 0.001), but later on a more rapid dampening (<i>b</i> = -0.18, <i>p</i> < 0.001) of SARS-CoV-2 related anxiety. SARS-CoV-2 related preventive behavior was intensified by both pre (<i>b</i> = 0.06, <i>p</i> = 0.01) and during (<i>b</i> = 0.15, <i>p</i> < 0.001) COVID-19 health anxiety, while reassurance behavior only was associated with health anxiety during COVID-19 (<i>b</i> = 0.14, <i>p</i> < 0.001). Distress intolerance and intolerance of uncertainty did not moderate the relationship between health anxiety and SARS-CoV-2 related anxiety and behavior. The results suggest detrimental effects of health anxiety on the emotional and behavioral response to virus outbreaks.
- Addresses
- Department of Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy, and Experimental Psychopathology, Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz, Wallstraße 3, 55122 Mainz, Germany.
- Autoren
- Karoline S Sauer
- Stefanie M Jungmann
- Michael Witthöft
- DOI
- 10.3390/ijerph17197241
- eISSN
- 1660-4601
- Externe Identifier
- PubMed Identifier: 33022993
- PubMed Central ID: PMC7578938
- Open access
- true
- ISSN
- 1661-7827
- Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
- 19
- Zeitschrift
- International journal of environmental research and public health
- Schlüsselwörter
- Humans
- Pneumonia, Viral
- Coronavirus Infections
- Uncertainty
- Attitude to Health
- Anxiety
- Adult
- Middle Aged
- Germany
- Female
- Male
- Pandemics
- Psychological Distress
- COVID-19
- Sprache
- eng
- Medium
- Electronic
- Online publication date
- 2020
- Open access status
- Open Access
- Paginierung
- E7241
- Datum der Veröffentlichung
- 2020
- Status
- Published
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- CC BY
- Datum der Datenerfassung
- 2020
- Titel
- Emotional and Behavioral Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Health Anxiety, Intolerance of Uncertainty, and Distress (In)Tolerance.
- Sub types
- research-article
- Journal Article
- Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
- 17
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- Abstract
- The COVID-19 pandemic represents a worldwide threat to mental health. To optimize the allocation of health care resources, research on specific vulnerability factors, such as health anxiety, intolerance of uncertainty, and distress (in)tolerance, and particularly their effect on the time course of SARS-CoV-2 related anxiety appears crucial for supporting high risk groups suffering from elevated mental distress during the pandemic. N = 887 participants (78.4% female; Mage = 38.15, SD = 17.04) completed an online survey in Germany (April to mid-May 2020), comprising measures of SARS-CoV-2 related anxiety, health anxiety, safety and preventive behavior, intolerance of uncertainty, and distress intolerance. Higher levels of health anxiety pre and during COVID-19 were associated with an initially intensified increase (b = 1.10, p < 0.001), but later on a more rapid dampening (b = -0.18, p < 0.001) of SARS-CoV-2 related anxiety. SARS-CoV-2 related preventive behavior was intensified by both pre (b = 0.06, p = 0.01) and during (b = 0.15, p < 0.001) COVID-19 health anxiety, while reassurance behavior only was associated with health anxiety during COVID-19 (b = 0.14, p < 0.001). Distress intolerance and intolerance of uncertainty did not moderate the relationship between health anxiety and SARS-CoV-2 related anxiety and behavior. The results suggest detrimental effects of health anxiety on the emotional and behavioral response to virus outbreaks.
- Date of acceptance
- 2020
- Autoren
- Karoline S Sauer
- Stefanie M Jungmann
- Michael Witthöft
- Autoren-URL
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33022993
- DOI
- 10.3390/ijerph17197241
- eISSN
- 1660-4601
- Externe Identifier
- PubMed Central ID: PMC7578938
- Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
- 19
- Zeitschrift
- Int J Environ Res Public Health
- Schlüsselwörter
- Covid-19
- distress tolerance
- health anxiety
- intolerance of uncertainty
- safety behaviors
- virus anxiety
- Adult
- Anxiety
- Attitude to Health
- COVID-19
- Coronavirus Infections
- Female
- Germany
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Pandemics
- Pneumonia, Viral
- Psychological Distress
- Uncertainty
- Sprache
- eng
- Country
- Switzerland
- PII
- ijerph17197241
- Datum der Veröffentlichung
- 2020
- Status
- Published online
- Datum, an dem der Datensatz öffentlich gemacht wurde
- 2020
- Titel
- Emotional and Behavioral Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Health Anxiety, Intolerance of Uncertainty, and Distress (In)Tolerance.
- Sub types
- Journal Article
- Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
- 17
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