A Model of Stress Change under the First COVID-19 Pandemic among the General Public in Japanese Major Cities and Rural Areas

Uehara, Masayuki; Fujii, Makoto; Kobayashi, Kazuki

doi:10.3390/su13031207

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“…At the same time, comparing the results before and during the pandemic showed a significant increase in the importance of being located close to family, friends and the workplace. Similar findings can be observed in studies conducted in other regions of the world (for example [90]). Translated into liveable city planning issues, it seems that the idea of neighbourhood units will grow in strength.…”

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confidence: 90%

“…The results obtained for List No 2 criteria indicated that it was important for students to maintain social ties, appreciated in particular during the pandemic period: ensuring close proximity to family or friends, a short distance from the workplace, without having to travel longer distances. The increased importance during the pandemic of a criterion that takes into account the distance to the place of residence of family and friends is confirmed, among other things, by the results of a study conducted in Japan by Uehar et al [90], in which it was shown that the relationship with people is the most important factor influencing the assessment of stress levels during the pandemic, surpassing the living environment (big cities, rural areas), the type of housing, and the decrease in income.…”

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confidence: 76%

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Group Spatial Preferences of Residential Locations—Simplified Method Based on Crowdsourced Spatial Data and MCDA

Jaroszewicz

Majewska

2021

Sustainability

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Residential location preferences illustrate how the attractiveness of particular neighbourhoods is perceived and indicate what improves or lowers the comfort of life in a city according to its residents. This research analyses the residential preferences of students who were asked to indicate their most preferred residential locations and to define their selection criteria. The study was conducted in two phases: in 2019, before the outbreak of the pandemic, and in 2020 during the second wave of the COVID-19 outbreak. The methodology of spatial multi-criteria analyses and the developed simplified approach to determining collective preferences from crowdsourced data FCPR (first criteria partial ranking) were used to analyse the preferences. The following research questions were asked: (1) whether the developed simplified FCPR methodology would provide results similar to the methods currently used to determine group weightings of criteria; (2) what spatial aspects were important for the students when choosing where to live, and (3) whether these aspects change in the face of the pandemic. The results obtained confirmed the effectiveness of the simplified approach. They indicated a significant relationship between an efficient public transport system and residence preferences, even with prolonged distance learning. They also showed the increased importance of location close to family or friends in the face of the pandemic. Only a combined analysis of the preferences expressed both in the form of a ranking of criteria and directly indicated locations provides complete information.

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Group Spatial Preferences of Residential Locations—Simplified Method Based on Crowdsourced Spatial Data and MCDA

Jaroszewicz

Majewska

2021

Sustainability

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“…Our work provides a more holistic view on people's preventive behaviors in urban and rural Japan by covering a broader range of people in our cross-sectional survey (vs. small group interviews [13,14]) and by explicitly defining urban and rural areas at the municipal level (vs. comparison at the prefectural level [34]). Stress brought on by the COVID-19 outbreak also did not differ between urban and rural areas in Japan [45].…”

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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the General Public in Urban and Rural Areas in Southern Japan

Sasaki

Ichinose

2022

Sustainability

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Urban and rural areas are situated in contrasting physical and social settings, which influence their levels of exposure as well as their preventive behaviors in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. The study investigated whether there were differences between the areas regarding the levels of difficulty and anxiety felt by the general public during the first wave of COVID-19 in April and May 2020. We conducted an online questionnaire in Fukuoka and Kumamoto Prefecture in southern Japan via a private research company and collected a total of 913 valid responses from individuals whose conditions of employment were affected by the coronavirus outbreak. Although urban areas experienced higher case rates compared to rural areas, ordinal logistic regression analysis revealed no significant differences between urban and rural respondents concerning the level of difficulty in routine life. The daily-life contents which made them feel difficult during the first wave also did not differ largely between the contrasting areas. Urban respondents appeared to have experienced a higher level of difficulty in finding an alternative job, but how respondents found one, if successful, did not differ between urban and rural areas. The area of residence played a role in explaining the level of anxiety toward being infected, especially when the anxiety-related questions involved relationships with neighbors. Rural respondents showed a significantly higher level of anxiety toward causing neighbors trouble and being criticized if infected. Respondents who were better embedded in their communities generally felt more anxious about being infected, regardless of whether they lived in urban or rural areas. Women and respondents with children were more likely affected by abnormal situations caused by the COVID-19 outbreak. Our study highlights the prevailing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the general public regardless of whether in urban or rural settings, as well as the potential contribution of social ties among people to protecting communities from infectious pathogens.

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“…Several studies have been carried out in different countries to understand the sensations and productivity of workers at home. We found several publications from different countries, for example, Ecuador [30], Lithuania [31], Brazil [32], France [3], Austria [33], Vietnam [34], Japan [35], United States [36], Italy [37], and Latvia [38]. However, with a search using telework as the keyword in databases such as SCOPUS and Web of Science, we did not find any results from the pandemic years of 2020 and 2021 in Portugal.…”

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Working and Learning during the COVID-19 Confinement: An Exploratory Analysis with a Small Sample from Portugal

Martins

Sobral

2021

Informatics

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The epidemiological situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic led to efforts to mitigate the transmission of the infection, forcing workers and students to stay at home. Universities closed, as did many businesses, forcing education and work to adapt to the new situation. While for some people it was a positive experience, for others it was not. This article analyzes the responses of 89 respondents, over 18 years old, in teleworking or enrolled in university online education, in a survey at the beginning of 2021, when Portugal was in a new state of emergency. Variables such as gender, age and parenthood were used, as well as ownership of equipment, own workspace, and quality of internet, comparing distance learning/work with traditional methods and measuring levels of satisfaction and willingness to adopt this model in the future. These results suggest an association of gender and parenting in the valuation of telework/distance education; women were more positive than men and participants with children were more positive than participants without children. The same was the case for respondents with their own workspace and better-quality internet. There is a strong relation between paternity and the preference for the distance model, in the sense of valuing the distance model, as well as a relation between those who have their own work space and the appreciation of the distance model. In general, respondents to our survey showed that they are not fond of adopting telework/distance learning in the future.

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A Model of Stress Change under the First COVID-19 Pandemic among the General Public in Japanese Major Cities and Rural Areas

Cited by 14 publications

References 43 publications

Group Spatial Preferences of Residential Locations—Simplified Method Based on Crowdsourced Spatial Data and MCDA

Group Spatial Preferences of Residential Locations—Simplified Method Based on Crowdsourced Spatial Data and MCDA

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the General Public in Urban and Rural Areas in Southern Japan

Working and Learning during the COVID-19 Confinement: An Exploratory Analysis with a Small Sample from Portugal

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