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Patterns of psychological responses among the public during the early phase of COVID-19: A cross-regional analysis
Authors
Alvarez-Galvez J.
Aydin G.
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Baban A.
Blarrina M.P.
Cheng H.Y.
Chien W.T.
Chong Y.Y.
Constantinou M.
da Silva A.N.
Dionne F.
Garcia-Martin M.B.
Gloster A.T.
Gosar D.
Höfer S.
Ivanovic I.
Karekla M.
Kassianos A.P.
Kleszcz B.
Lamnisos D.
Lappalainen R.
Lubenko J.
McHugh L.
Merwin R.M.
Monestès J.-L.
Montesinos F.
Neto D.D.
Nicolaou C.
Obando-Posada D.P.
Ori D.
Papacostas S.
Presti G.
Ruiz F.J.
Segura-Vargas M.A.
Squatrito V.
Valdivia Salas S.
Vasiliou V.S.
Publication date
1 January 2021
Publisher
'MDPI AG'
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Abstract
This study aimed to compare the mediation of psychological flexibility, prosociality and coping in the impacts of illness perceptions toward COVID-19 on mental health among seven regions. Convenience sampled online survey was conducted between April and June 2020 from 9130 citizens in 21 countries. Illness perceptions toward COVID-19, psychological flexibility, prosociality, coping and mental health, socio-demographics, lockdown-related variables and COVID-19 status were assessed. Results showed that psychological flexibility was the only significant mediator in the relationship between illness perceptions toward COVID-19 and mental health across all regions (all ps = 0.001–0.021). Seeking social support was the significant mediator across subgroups (all ps range = <0.001–0.005) except from the Hong Kong sample (p = 0.06) and the North and South American sample (p = 0.53). No mediation was found for problem-solving (except from the Northern European sample, p = 0.009). Prosociality was the significant mediator in the Hong Kong sample (p =0.016) and the Eastern European sample (p = 0.008). These findings indicate that fostering psychological flexibility may help to mitigate the adverse mental impacts of COVID-19 across regions. Roles of seeking social support, problem-solving and prosociality vary across regions. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland
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