Fears of compassion magnify the harmful effects of threat of COVID‐19 on mental health and social safeness across 21 countries
Fears of compassion magnify the harmful effects of threat of COVID‐19 on mental health and social safeness across 21 countries
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对同情心的恐惧加剧了 COVID-19 威胁对 21 个国家心理健康和社会安全的有害影响
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10.1002/cpp.2601
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2021
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Asano Kenichi et al.
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Matos Marcela;McEwan Kirsten;Kanovska Martin;Halamova Julia;Steindl Stanley R.;Ferreira Nuno;Linharelhos Mariana;Rijo Daniel;Asano Kenichi et al.
COVID - 19大流行是一场大规模的全球健康危机，对心理健康和社会关系造成破坏性后果。因此，在这种情况下，探索可能加剧或缓解心理健康问题风险的因素至关重要。虽然同情可能是一种保护因素，但相反，对同情的恐惧增加了对心理社会痛苦的脆弱性，并可能扩大大流行病对心理健康的影响。本研究探讨了同情恐惧对COVID - 19感知威胁对抑郁、焦虑和压力以及社会安全的影响的放大效应。方法从全球21个国家招募了来自普通人群的成年参与者（N= 4057），并完成了对COVID - 19的感知威胁、同情恐惧（自我、他人、他人）、抑郁、焦虑、压力和社会安全的自我报告测量。结果COVID - 19威胁感知与抑郁、焦虑和压力增加有关。这三种对同情的恐惧预示着更高程度的抑郁、焦虑和压力，以及更低的社会安全感。所有对同情的恐惧都缓和（加剧）了感知到的COVID - 19威胁对心理困扰的影响。只有对他人同情的恐惧才会缓和感染COVID - 19的可能性对社会安全的影响。这些影响在所有国家都是一致的。结论同情恐惧对COVID - 19大流行对心理健康和社会安全的破坏性影响具有普遍放大效应。可以实施以同情为重点的干预措施和沟通，以减少对同情的抵制，并在大流行期间和之后促进心理健康。
BackgroundThe COVID‐19 pandemic is a massive global health crisis with damaging consequences to mental health and social relationships. Exploring factors that may heighten or buffer the risk of mental health problems in this context is thus critical. Whilst compassion may be a protective factor, in contrast fears of compassion increase vulnerability to psychosocial distress and may amplify the impact of the pandemic on mental health. This study explores the magnifying effects of fears of compassion on the impact of perceived threat of COVID‐19 on depression, anxiety and stress, and social safeness.MethodsAdult participants from the general population (N= 4057) were recruited across 21 countries worldwide, and completed self‐report measures of perceived threat of COVID‐19, fears of compassion (for self, from others, for others), depression, anxiety, stress and social safeness.ResultsPerceived threat of COVID‐19 predicted increased depression, anxiety and stress. The three flows of fears of compassion predicted higher levels of depression, anxiety and stress and lower social safeness. All fears of compassion moderated (heightened) the impact of perceived threat of COVID‐19 on psychological distress. Only fears of compassion from others moderated the effects of likelihood of contracting COVID‐19 on social safeness. These effects were consistent across all countries.ConclusionsFears of compassion have a universal magnifying effect on the damaging impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on mental health and social safeness. Compassion focused interventions and communications could be implemented to reduce resistances to compassion and promote mental wellbeing during and following the pandemic.