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

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Abstract
<jats:p>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.</jats:p>
Autoren
  • Kristine Khachatryan
  • Manfred E Beutel
  • Yve Stöbel-Richter
  • Markus Zenger
  • Hendrik Berth
  • Elmar Brähler
  • Peter Schmidt
DOI
10.3390/ijerph192114538
eISSN
1660-4601
Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
21
Zeitschrift
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Sprache
en
Online publication date
2022
Paginierung
14538 - 14538
Status
Published online
Herausgeber
MDPI AG
Herausgeber URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114538
Datum der Datenerfassung
2022
Titel
Are Attitudes towards COVID-19 Pandemic Related to Subjective Physical and Mental Health?
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
19

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CC-BY
Autoren
  • Kristine Khachatryan
  • Manfred E Beutel
  • Yve Stöbel-Richter
  • Markus Zenger
  • Hendrik Berth
  • Elmar Brähler
  • Peter Schmidt
Hosting institution
Universitätsbibliothek Mainz
Sammlungen
  • DFG-491381577-G
Resource version
Published version
DOI
10.3390/ijerph192114538
Funding acknowledgements
  • Gefördert durch die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Projektnummer 491381577
File(s) embargoed
false
Open access
true
ISSN
1660-4601
Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
21
Zeitschrift
International journal of environmental research and public health
Schlüsselwörter
  • 610 Medizin
  • 610 Medical sciences
Sprache
eng
Open access status
Open Access
Paginierung
14538
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2022
Public URL
https://openscience.ub.uni-mainz.de/handle/20.500.12030/8659
Herausgeber
MDPI
Datum der Datenerfassung
2023
Datum, an dem der Datensatz öffentlich gemacht wurde
2023
Zugang
Public
Titel
Are attitudes towards COVID-19 pandemic related to subjective physical and mental health?
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
19

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