Maladaptive coping with the infodemic and sleep disturbance in the COVID-19 pandemic
Maladaptive coping with the infodemic and sleep disturbance in the COVID-19 pandemic
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DOI：
10.1111/jsr.13235
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发表时间：
2020-11-27
影响因子：
4.4
通讯作者：
Lau, Yan-ching
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作者：
Cheng, Cecilia;Ebrahimi, Omid V.;Lau, Yan-ching
COVID-19是由一种病因不明的新型病毒引起的。地球仪上的人们不仅面临着健康危机，而且还面临着“信息危机”，这是世界卫生组织创造的一个术语，指的是引起广泛困惑和焦虑的大量相互矛盾的信息。本研究旨在探讨疫情早期焦虑和睡眠障碍的患病率，并揭示COVID-19感染焦虑和睡眠障碍易感性差异背后的信息应对过程。参与者是来自英国和美国的1，270名成年人（47%男性，M年龄= 42.82），他们分别于2020年3月16日至22日和5月18日至24日完成了初始（时间1）和随访（时间2）调查。在第一和第二个时间点，可能的临床相关焦虑的患病率分别为61%和45%，该焦虑组中超过一半的参与者还报告了轻度至重度睡眠障碍。此外，41%的参与者认为自己没有足够的COVID-19相关信息，并报告随着时间的推移，COVID-19感染焦虑和睡眠障碍的水平高于那些认为自己有足够信息的人。适度的调解分析发现了两个更容易出现这两种心理问题的群体：更频繁地在网上寻求COVID-19相关信息的高失误者和不太频繁地在线下寻求此类信息的高监控者。这些发现强调了在处理围绕新疾病的信息流行病时，信息应对方式和策略部署之间良好匹配的重要性。
COVID-19 is caused by a novel virus with an unknown aetiology. People across the globe are dealing with not only a health crisis but also an 'infodemic', a term coined by the World Health Organization to refer to the avalanche of contradictory information that is arousing widespread confusion and anxiety. This study aimed to examine the prevalence of anxiety and sleep disturbance at the early stage of the pandemic, and unveil the information coping process underlying differential susceptibility to COVID-19 infection anxiety and sleep disturbance. The participants were 1,270 adults (47% men, M-age = 42.82) from the UK and US who completed initial (Time 1) and follow-up (Time 2) surveys from 16 to 22 March and 18 to 24 May 2020, respectively. The prevalence of probable clinically relevant anxiety was 61% and 45% at the first and second time points, and more than half of the participants in this anxiety group also reported mild to severe sleep disturbance. Moreover, 41% of the participants perceived themselves as not having enough COVID-19-related information and reported higher levels of COVID-19 infection anxiety and sleep disturbance over time than those who perceived themselves as having enough of such information. Moderated mediation analysis identified two groups who were more vulnerable to both psychological problems: high blunters who sought COVID-19-related information online more frequently and high monitors who sought such information offline less frequently. These findings highlight the importance of a good match between information coping style and strategy deployment in dealing with an infodemic surrounding a novel disease.