The emotional and mental health impact of the murder of George Floyd on the US population
The emotional and mental health impact of the murder of George Floyd on the US population
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DOI：
10.1073/pnas.2109139118
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发表时间：
2021-09-28
影响因子：
11.1
通讯作者：
Guntuku, Sharath Chandra
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作者：
Eichstaedt, Johannes C.;Sherman, Garrick T.;Guntuku, Sharath Chandra
2020年5月25日，手无寸铁的美国黑人男性乔治·弗洛伊德被一名白人警察杀害。谋杀的视频被广泛分享。我们使用了两项人口调查来研究弗洛伊德去世的心理影响，这两项调查收集了弗洛伊德去世前后的数据；一项来自盖洛普(来自盖洛普的117,568份回复)和一项来自美国人口普查的(409,652份来自n=319,471的回复)。根据盖洛普的数据，在弗洛伊德去世后的一周里，美国民众的愤怒和悲伤达到了前所未有的水平。在此期间，超过三分之一的美国人报告了这些情绪。这些增长在美国黑人中更为明显，近一半的美国黑人报告了这种情绪。根据美国人口普查家庭脉搏数据，在弗洛伊德去世后的一周内，美国黑人抑郁和焦虑严重程度的上升速度明显高于美国白人。我们的估计表明，这一增长相当于额外90万被筛查为抑郁症阳性的美国黑人，这与大约270万至630万天的精神不健康有关。
On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, an unarmed Black American male, was killed by a White police officer. Footage of the murder was widely shared. We examined the psychological impact of Floyd's death using two population surveys that collected data before and after his death; one from Gallup (117,568 responses from n = 47,355) and one from the US Census (409,652 responses from n = 319,471). According to the Gallup data, in the week following Floyd's death, anger and sadness increased to unprecedented levels in the US population. During this period, more than a third of the US population reported these emotions. These increases were more pronounced for Black Americans, nearly half of whom reported these emotions. According to the US Census Household Pulse data, in the week following Floyd's death, depression and anxiety severity increased among Black Americans at significantly higher rates than that of White Americans. Our estimates suggest that this increase corresponds to an additional 900,000 Black Americans who would have screened positive for depression, associated with a burden of roughly 2.7 million to 6.3 million mentally unhealthy days.