Neuroticism and Fear of COVID-19. The Interplay Between Boredom, Fantasy Engagement, and Perceived Control Over Time

Caci, Barbara; Miceli, Silvana; Scrima, Fabrizio; Cardaci, Maurizio

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.574393

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“…• Five cross-sectional analytic studies (Iasevoli et al, 2020;Hao et al, 2020;Caci et al, 2020;Balsamo and Carlucci, 2020;Ye et al, 2020), • Two case reports (Smith et al, 2020;Fischer et al, 2020), • Two case series (Ferrando et al, 2020;Valdés-Florido et al, 2020) , • Two retrospective studies (Liu et al, 2020;Parra et al, 2020), • A service evaluation (Rohde et al, 2020),…”

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confidence: 99%

“…One study (Liu et al, 2020) recruited hospitalized patients with schizophrenia with or without suspected COVID-19 in Hubei Province (China), five studies (Parra et al, 2020;Ferrando et al, 2020;Smith et al, 2020;Varatharaj et al, 2020;Sharma et al, 2020) recruited people with and without psychiatric illness who were confirmed with COVID-19. Furthermore, nine studies (Rohde et al, 2020;Iasevoli et al, 2020;Hao et al, 2020;Valdés-Florido et al, 2020;Fischer et al, 2020;Marton et al, 2020;Caci et al, 2020;Balsamo and Carlucci, 2020;Ye et al, 2020) included people with and without psychiatric illness who did not have any SARS-COV-2 infection. One study (Ye et al, 2020) observed medical and non-medical students.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Across all studies, only one study (Varatharaj et al, 2020) used the CoroNerve study platform. One study (Liu et al, 2020) reported psychiatric medication use, eight studies (Iasevoli et al, 2020;Liu et al, 2020;Parra et al, 2020;Ferrando et al, 2020;Fischer et al, 2020;Caci et al, 2020;Balsamo and Carlucci, 2020;Ye et al, 2020) used clinician-rated scales, and two studies (Hao et al, 2020;Marton et al, 2020) used self-rated scales. All the outcomes were primarily psychiatric, including stress, anxiety, depression, sleep quality, and symptoms of psychosis.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Among the selected fifteen studies, six of them (Rohde et al, 2020;Parra et al, 2020;Ferrando et al, 2020;Smith et al, 2020;Varatharaj et al, 2020;Sharma et al, 2020) specifically included participants with COVID-19 confirmed cases, and one study (Liu et al, 2020) included COVID-19 suspected patients. The rest of the eight studies (Iasevoli et al, 2020;Hao et al, 2020;Valdés-Florido et al, 2020;Fischer et al, 2020;Marton et al, 2020;Caci et al, 2020;Balsamo, M., & Carlucci, L., 2020;Ye et al, 2020) recruited individuals having no COVID-19 infection.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Similarly, medical students' stress levels need to be decreased timely to maintain a positive professional and learning attitude during the times of the COVID-19 Pandemic (Ye et al, 2020). Caci et al (2020) recommended that to modulate the anxiety level due to the fear of the COVID-19 Pandemic and improve individuals' psychological well-being, we need to be aware of the various psychological treatment programs. To have a future insight into implementing psychological interventions, we can identify groups having a higher risk of psychosis due to the COVID-19 Pandemic by monitoring all psychological outcomes (Balsamo and Carlucci, 2020).…”

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Associativity between COVID-19 Pandemic and Serious Mental Illness: Rapid Systematic Review within Salutogenesis Model for Public Health Management

Kaman¹,

Sharma²,

Banerjee³

2021

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The COVID-19 Pandemic, SARS-COV-2 virus-form transformations, and ensuing psychosocial stress stemming from environmental change and isolation, has led to the conjecture that there would be a surge in psychosis cases. Intuitively, patients with Serious Mental Illness (SMI), like Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder and Major Depression, would be particularly susceptible. Existing literature illustrates psychological distress as a primary effect of the Pandemic - on people with/without SMI. We initiated a rapid review to determine the impact of the SARS-COV-2 virus - in symptomatic and asymptomatic cases - on people with/without psychosis. We envisioned that this would provide insights on effective clinical-intervention methods for psychotic-patients, during and after the Pandemic. Our review draws from papers, published in 2020, that considered participants - with/without psychiatric illness and exposure to SARS-COV-2 infection. The Salutogenesis Model was used to comprehend observations from the systematic-review, leading to suggestions and recommendations for preventive and promotive public health strategies.

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Section: Overview Of Included Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Overview Of Included Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Overview Of Included Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Study Participantsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Suggestions and Recommendation From Empirical Articlesmentioning

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Associativity between COVID-19 Pandemic and Serious Mental Illness: Rapid Systematic Review within Salutogenesis Model for Public Health Management

Kaman¹,

Sharma²,

Banerjee³

2021

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The association between boredom and creativity in educational contexts: A scoping review on research approaches and empirical findings

Zeißig,

Kansok‐Dusche,

Fischer

et al. 2024

Review of Education

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Assumptions around the association between boredom and creativity are contentious. Although studies suggest positive effects of boredom, it is also considered a negative predictor of creativity. Researchers also assume that creativity reduces boredom, but boredom can also occur during creative tasks. In this review, we identify and systematise the empirical evidence available to date on the association between creativity and boredom in educational contexts. The string‐guided electronic search yielded 2849 publications. Nineteen publications based on 27 empirical studies met the inclusion criteria. Two reviewers extracted definitions, theories, methods, operationalisations, measurement instruments, and outcomes from the studies using a coding scheme. We identified a range of different theoretical and methodological approaches. The largest cache of empirical evidence was obtained from experimental and quasi‐experimental studies (five positive associations, four negative, two contradictory, and three insignificant results). Correlation studies identified three negative, one contradictory, and seven insignificant correlations between boredom and creativity. In addition, two studies with exploratory, statistically not relevant results contributed to the body of research. The results from the identified and evaluated studies argue both for and against the sensitivity of creative processes in relation to boredom—but a clear causal, positive or negative effect of boredom on creativity is not currently supported by the empirical evidence available. Previous research has also not yet demonstrated an apparent effect of creative states or traits on academic boredom. Future research should aim to explore under what circumstances different relationships between boredom and creativity can be observed and reliably replicated.

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Boredom proneness, political orientation and adherence to social-distancing in the pandemic

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Research recently showed that boredom proneness was associated with increased social distancing rule-breaking in a sample collected early in the COVID-19 pandemic. Here we explore data collected early in the pandemic to examine what factors might drive this relation. We focus on political affiliation. Given the functional account of boredom as a call to action, we hypothesized that this urge to act may drive individuals towards outlets replete with symbolic value (e.g., ideology, identity). In addition, given the politicization of some social distancing rules (e.g., mask wearing), we explored whether those who adhere to strong political ideologies—particularly conservative ideologies—would be more likely to rule-break. Moderation analyses indicated that boredom proneness and social (but not fiscal) conservatism were indeed predictive of rule-breaking. These results highlight the need for both clear messaging emphasizing the strength of communal identity and action (i.e., that “We are all in this together”) and for interventions that emphasize shared collective values in contexts that appeal directly to social conservatives.

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Neuroticism and Fear of COVID-19. The Interplay Between Boredom, Fantasy Engagement, and Perceived Control Over Time

Cited by 61 publications

References 57 publications

Associativity between COVID-19 Pandemic and Serious Mental Illness: Rapid Systematic Review within Salutogenesis Model for Public Health Management

Associativity between COVID-19 Pandemic and Serious Mental Illness: Rapid Systematic Review within Salutogenesis Model for Public Health Management

The association between boredom and creativity in educational contexts: A scoping review on research approaches and empirical findings

Boredom proneness, political orientation and adherence to social-distancing in the pandemic

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