Safety behaviors were associated with greater anxious symptoms during the first year of the COVID‐19 pandemic
Jane K. Stallman,
Kirsten N. Bains Williams,
Jason T. Goodson
et al.
Abstract:Research shows that people who use safety behaviors are at greater risk factor for anxiety than people who do not use safety behaviors. However, the perception of some safety behaviors changed during the COVID‐19 pandemic; behaviors that were once considered unnecessary or excessive were now commonplace (e.g., monitoring bodily symptoms, avoiding crowds). The purpose of this study was to determine the degree to which the pandemic changed the status of health‐related safety behaviors as a risk factor for sympto… Show more
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