Pandemic emotions: the extent, correlates, and mental health consequences of fear of COVID-19

Sloan, Melissa M.; Haner, Murat; Graham, Amanda; Cullen, Francis T.; Pickett, Justin T.; Jonson, Cheryl Lero

doi:10.1080/02732173.2021.1926380

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“…For years, the outbreak of diseases or pandemics has been considered a source of fear [ 23 ]. Because fear stems from perceived threats, the intensity of fear and concern about COVID-19 can indicate the perceived threat of the virus [ 24 ].…”

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How Fear of COVID-19 Affects the Behavioral Intention of Festival Participants—A Case of the HANFU Festival

Yang

Luo

Yao

2022

IJERPH

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The recovery of the tourism industry is an important issue that has attracted much attention during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sustainable and safe festival tourism is considered an effective way of aiding in the recovery of the industry. A face-to-face survey of participants in the Guangzhou Hanfu Festival was conducted to examine the relationship between fears of COVID-19, perceived risks, perceptual evaluations, festival attitudes, behavioral intentions, and crowding during this difficult time. Results clarified how fear affects behavioral intentions in festival research, and the mediation role of perceived risk and the moderation role of crowding was confirmed. A timely set of recommendations was provided to festival operators and local governments.

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How Fear of COVID-19 Affects the Behavioral Intention of Festival Participants—A Case of the HANFU Festival

Yang

Luo

Yao

2022

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“…In this scenario, these disorders have increased in prevalence and in many cases, medical attention is essential. This care has been reduced by the health crisis, leaving these patients without adequate clinical care, which exacerbates the situation [73]. It is clear that, in exceptional and novel circumstances, people tend to present symptoms associated with anxiety.…”

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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Mental Disorders. A Critical Review

Clemente-Suárez

Martínez–González

Benitez-Agudelo

et al. 2021

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The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the lives of the worldwide population. Citizens suffer the social, economic, physiological, and psychological effects of this pandemic. Primary sources, scientific articles, and secondary bibliographic indexes, databases, and web pages were used for a consensus critical review. The method was a narrative review of the available literature to summarize the existing literature addressing mental health concerns and stressors related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The main search engines used in the present research were PubMed, SciELO, and Google Scholar. We found the pandemic has had a direct impact on psychopathologies such as anxiety, increasing its ratios, and depression. Other syndromes such as burnout and post-traumatic stress disorder have increased with the pandemic, showing a larger incidence among medical personnel. Moreover, eating disorders and violence have also increased. Public authorities must prepare healthcare systems for increasing incidences of mental pathologies. Mental health apps are one of the tools that can be used to reach the general population.

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“…More generally, several studies have found a relationship between perceived risk and anxiety or fear related to COVID-19. For example, Lin et al ( 21 ) discovered that individuals who have higher perceived severity and susceptibility of COVID-19 have more anxiety, while Sloan et al ( 22 ) established an association between perceived risk of dying and personal fear of COVID-19, and Winter et al ( 23 ) demonstrated a positive association between perceived vulnerability to disease and fear of COVID-19.…”

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A Moderated Mediation Model Explaining the Relationship Between Risk-Group Membership, Threat Perception, Knowledge, and Adherence to COVID-19 Behavioral Measures

Sattler

Taflinger

Ernst

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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BackgroundCOVID-19 is a threat to individual and global health, thus, reducing the disease's spread is of significant importance. However, adherence to behavioral measures against the spread of COVID-19 is not universal, even within vulnerable populations who are at higher risk of exposure to the virus or severe COVID-19 infection. Therefore, this study investigates how risk-group membership relates to adherence to COVID-19 behavioral measures, whether perceived threat of COVID-19 is a mechanism explaining this relationship, and whether knowledge about COVID-19 moderates these effects.MethodsWe conducted a web-based survey (N = 4,096) representative of the adult population in Germany with regard to gender, age (18 to 74), and province. Therein, we assessed risk group membership with two indicators (risk of exposure to COVID-19 and risk of severe COVID-19 infection), perceived COVID-19 threat with the Perceived Coronavirus Threat Questionnaire, knowledge about COVID-19 with a knowledge test; and adherence to six behavioral measures to protect against the spread of COVID-19 (e.g., keeping distance, using mouth-nose protection, and following contact restrictions). We used moderated mediation models to test whether perceived threat mediates the relationship between risk-group membership and adherence and whether knowledge about COVID-19 moderates this relationship.ResultsWe found that risk group members had more perceived COVID-19 threat and that knowledge about COVID-19 increased perceived threat. Moreover, risk group membership had a positive direct effect on adherence to most behavioral measures and risk group members with less knowledge about COVID-19 violated measures more frequently. Risk-group membership also had positive indirect effects on adherence via perceived COVID-19 threat. The moderated indirect effects of threat indicate that threat led to more adherence when knowledge was low, but lost relevance as knowledge increased.ConclusionThe results may help to evaluate disease-regulation measures and to combat the pandemic more effectively. For example, increasing COVID-19 knowledge in the general population could increase adherence to COVID-19 behavioral measures. However, policy makers should be mindful that this could also have negative mental health implications as knowledge increases perceived COVID-19 threat.

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Pandemic emotions: the extent, correlates, and mental health consequences of fear of COVID-19

Cited by 46 publications

References 38 publications

How Fear of COVID-19 Affects the Behavioral Intention of Festival Participants—A Case of the HANFU Festival

How Fear of COVID-19 Affects the Behavioral Intention of Festival Participants—A Case of the HANFU Festival

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Mental Disorders. A Critical Review

A Moderated Mediation Model Explaining the Relationship Between Risk-Group Membership, Threat Perception, Knowledge, and Adherence to COVID-19 Behavioral Measures

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