The associations between media use, peritraumatic distress, anxiety and resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic

Levaot, Yael; Greene, Talya; Palgi, Yuval

doi:10.1016/j.jpsychires.2020.11.018

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“…Based on the average total score of the PDI, the participants of the study were more distressed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, compared to previous studies conducted in other countries (i.e., 8.9 ± 7.3 in Japan [ 45 ], 9.5 ± 6.5 [ 27 ] and 11.4 ± 7.9 [ 46 ] in Israel, and 18.9 ± 5.4 for men and 22.5 ± 7.1 for women in Greece [ 47 ]). Considering the differences in the COVID-19 pandemic situation in each country at the time of data collection and the differences in the capacity, including that of the healthcare system, to respond to new infectious diseases by country, it is understandable that the level of peritraumatic distress differed by the study.…”

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Peritraumatic Distress during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Seoul, South Korea

Yoon

You

Shon

2021

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The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is traumatic and causes a substantial psychological burden on the general public. The aim of the present study is to examine the severity and prevalence of peritraumatic distress among the citizens of Seoul, which conducted preemptive and aggressive social distancing policy before the central government during the early stage of COVID-19. Furthermore, this study aims to explore the associated risk factors for peritraumatic distress, including risk perception, fear, and COVID-19-related experiences. We conducted an online survey to 813 participants at the end of the first wave of COVID-19 in South Korea. Peritraumatic distress inventory (PDI) was used to measure the level of pandemic-related distress. One-third of participants were at risk for the development of clinically elevated peritraumatic distress. The perception of risk, fear of COVID-19, and stigma were significantly associated with elevated levels of distress. Individuals who had poor health, or who spent more than 1 h per day using the media, also expressed a higher level of distress. Moreover, the level of disruption of daily life and financial difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic is significantly associated with a higher level of peritraumatic distress. The results of this study highlight the urgent need to develop evidence-based and tailored public mental health interventions, along with various measures to help recovery to daily life.

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Peritraumatic Distress during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Seoul, South Korea

Yoon

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Shon

2021

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“…Some of them shared that therefore they actually wanted to quit this newly developed habit again. Recent research during the COVID-19 pandemic suggests that people who perceive media use negatively indeed have a higher risk on developing distress and anxiety (Levaot, Greene, and Palgi 2021).…”

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Do Novel Routines Stick After the Pandemic? The Formation of News Habits During COVID-19

Broersma

Swart

2021

Journalism Studies

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Over half of our news use is comprised of habits: routine behavior that is firmly ingrained in people's everyday life. Conversely, citizens who have not taken up news in their daily routines rarely form novel patterns of news use. Yet, we know surprisingly little about how news habits come into being, especially in real-life situations. Previous research suggests that considerable life changes and disruptions in daily routines can give rise to the adaptation or formation of habits. This paper asks how and to what extent citizens created novel patterns of news use or adapted existing news routines during the COVID-19 pandemic. Connecting insights from social psychology to journalism and audience studies, it analyzes which affective, social and contextual cues stimulate or hinder news habit formation. Employing a questionnaire with open-ended questions with 1293 Dutch news users, we identified 5 groups of news users whose news habits each demonstrate a different response to the COVID-19 pandemic: news avoiders, followers turned avoiders, stable news users, frequent news users and news junkies. In-depth follow-up interviews with these users (N = 22) show that differences in users' everyday context, social cues, levels of stress and anxiety, and affective cues may explain these different behaviors.

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“…The general population, patients, and healthcare providers should be aware of the disparate effects potentially caused by the worldwide distress 12 , 40 such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Healthcare providers are in an ideal position to help educate both patients and their colleagues about the possibility of increase in anxiety and depression.…”

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confidence: 99%