The current study analyzed the relationship between Coronavirus (COVID-19) Awareness, mental health, and willingness to seek professional psychological help. This was made through a quantitative approach, using online questionnaires to collect data from 855 subjects. The questionnaires included the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI-53) to measure mental health indicators, the Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale–Short Form, and the Coronavirus Awareness Scale-10 (CAS-10). An Exploratory Factor Analysis suggests that three factors underlie the CAS-10: Coronavirus Concern, Exaggerated Perception, and Immunity Perception. Results indicate a significant positive correlation between Coronavirus Concern and both general anxiety and phobic anxiety symptoms. Immunity Perception is positively related to paranoid ideation and psychotic symptoms. A Mediation Analysis determined that Coronavirus Concern has a significant positive direct effect on Openness to Seeking Psychological Treatment (OSPT), while Exaggerated Perception and Immunity Perception scores have significant direct negative effects on the Value and Need in Seeking Treatment (VNST) scores. Indirectly, the relationship between Coronavirus Concern and OPST is significantly mediated by anxiety symptoms. Similar results were found for the VNST subscale. There is a negative significant effect of Immunity Perception over OSPT mediated by Paranoid Ideation. However, the overall model only achieved small r2 coefficients for the OSPT (0.060) and VNST (0.095) scores. Comparisons in Coronavirus Awareness between sex, age, and the presence of children and older adults at home were also made. These results are discussed regarding their practical implications for mental health providers and policymakers.

ResumenAntecedentes y objetivo: La hospitalización no siempre es bien asimilada por los pacientes, generando síntomas de depresión y ansiedad. Considerando esto, el presente estudio analizó la prevalencia de síntomas de depresión y ansiedad, y su relación, en pacientes del servicio de Medicina Interna del Hospital Escuela Universitario (HEU), en Honduras. Además, se compararon los puntajes de ansiedad y depresión en base al sexo, presencia de hábitos tóxicos y experiencias previas de hospitalización de los informantes. Materiales y métodos: La investigación se enmarcó en un enfoque cuantitativo, no experimental, de corte trasversal. Tomando una muestra de 92 pacientes de las salas de Medicina Interna del HEU. La información se recolectó por medio del Cuestionario de Salud del Paciente-9 (PHQ-9), la Escala del Trastorno de Ansiedad Generalizada-7 (GAD-7) y una ficha de datos sociodemográficos.Resultados: El 67.4% de los pacientes presentó algún grado de sintomatología depresiva, siendo prevalentes los síntomas moderados (29.3%). El 51.1% de los pacientes presentaba ansiedad, predominando los síntomas leves (29.3%). Existe relación moderada, pero significativa, entre la depresión y la ansiedad de los evaluados. No se encontró diferencia significativa en los puntajes de depresión y ansiedad según el sexo del informante, la presencia de hábitos tóxicos o las experiencias previas de hospitalización. Conclusiones: Es necesario que los entes de salud pública realicen abordajes integrales, en donde no sólo se enfatice el componente fisiológico, sino, además, el bienestar psicológico en pacientes no-psiquiátricos hospitalizados.

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The present study analyzed the effects of Light and Dark Triad traits scores on Internet Gaming Disorder, intrapersonal and interpersonal conflicts related to internet consumption, conflicts, and communicational emotional usage related to mobile phones. Light Triad traits include Faith in Humanity, Humanism, and Kantianism. Dark Triad traits include Machiavellianism, Narcissism, and Psychopathy. The study used a quantitative approach with a non-experimental design. The sample consisted of 450 adults of the Honduran population, of which 55.33% were women, and 44.67% were men, with an average mean age of 25.52 years (SD=6.79). Results indicate that Machiavellianism and Psychopathy scores have significant effects over Internet Gaming Disorder scores. Intrapersonal conflicts related to internet consumption were negatively affected by Narcissism scores and positively affected by Machiavellianism. Psychopathy scores explained interpersonal conflicts related to internet consumption scores. On the other hand, conflicts related to mobile phone usage were negatively affected by Narcissism and Kantianism, while Machiavellianism had positive effects. Finally, communicational emotional usage related to mobile phones was significantly affected by Machiavellianism. These results are discussed according to their implications for the behavioral sciences.