The Impact of COVID-19 Epidemic Declaration on Psychological Consequences: A Study on Active Weibo Users
The Impact of COVID-19 Epidemic Declaration on Psychological Consequences: A Study on Active Weibo Users
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COVID-19疫情宣示对心理后果的影响：活跃微博用户的研究
DOI：
10.3390/ijerph17062032
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发表时间：
2020-03-02
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Zhu, Tingshao
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作者：
Li, Sijia;Wang, Yilin;Zhu, Tingshao
COVID-19（2019 年冠状病毒病）已造成大量心理后果。本研究的目的是探讨COVID-19对人们心理健康的影响，协助政策制定者制定可行的政策，并帮助临床从业者（例如社会工作者、精神科医生和心理学家）为受影响人群提供及时的服务。我们使用基于多种机器学习预测模型的在线生态识别 (OER) 方法对 17,865 名活跃微博用户的微博帖子进行了采样和分析。我们根据收集的数据计算了词频、情绪指标（例如焦虑、抑郁、愤慨和牛津幸福）和认知指标（例如社会风险判断和生活满意度）的得分。通过情绪分析和配对样本t检验来检验2020年1月20日宣布COVID-19前后同一组的差异。结果显示，消极情绪（例如焦虑、抑郁和愤慨）和对社会风险的敏感度增加，而积极情绪（例如牛津幸福）和生活满意度得分下降。人们更关心自己的健康和家庭，而较少关心休闲和朋友。研究结果有助于弥补疫情爆发后个人心理状况短期变化的知识差距。它可以为政策制定者通过提高民情稳定性来有效规划和抗击COVID-19提供参考，并紧急准备临床医生为高危人群和受影响人群提供相应的治疗基础。
COVID-19 (Corona Virus Disease 2019) has significantly resulted in a large number of psychological consequences. The aim of this study is to explore the impacts of COVID-19 on people's mental health, to assist policy makers to develop actionable policies, and help clinical practitioners (e.g., social workers, psychiatrists, and psychologists) provide timely services to affected populations. We sample and analyze the Weibo posts from 17,865 active Weibo users using the approach of Online Ecological Recognition (OER) based on several machine-learning predictive models. We calculated word frequency, scores of emotional indicators (e.g., anxiety, depression, indignation, and Oxford happiness) and cognitive indicators (e.g., social risk judgment and life satisfaction) from the collected data. The sentiment analysis and the paired sample t-test were performed to examine the differences in the same group before and after the declaration of COVID-19 on 20 January, 2020. The results showed that negative emotions (e.g., anxiety, depression and indignation) and sensitivity to social risks increased, while the scores of positive emotions (e.g., Oxford happiness) and life satisfaction decreased. People were concerned more about their health and family, while less about leisure and friends. The results contribute to the knowledge gaps of short-term individual changes in psychological conditions after the outbreak. It may provide references for policy makers to plan and fight against COVID-19 effectively by improving stability of popular feelings and urgently prepare clinical practitioners to deliver corresponding therapy foundations for the risk groups and affected people.