Resource loss and mental health during COVID-19: Psychosocial protective factors among US older adults and those with chronic disease
Resource loss and mental health during COVID-19: Psychosocial protective factors among US older adults and those with chronic disease
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DOI：
10.1002/ijop.12798
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发表时间：
2021-08-16
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Miskis, Constantinos
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作者：
McElroy-Heltzel, Stacey E.;Shannonhouse, Laura R.;Miskis, Constantinos
在地球仪各地，COVID-19对多个弱势群体的身心健康造成了不成比例的影响。在2020年4月至7月进行的一系列两项横断面研究中，我们研究了它对两个脆弱的美国社区样本的急性心理健康影响-处于贫困线或贫困线以下的居家老年人（研究1，N = 293，M-年龄= 76.94，SD = 8.64; 75.1%女性，67.9%黑人）和慢性疾病成人（研究2，N = 322，M-年龄= 62.20，SD = 12.22; 46.3%女性，28.3%种族/少数民族）。基于资源保护理论，我们假设，与流行病相关的资源损失将与更大的精神痛苦，但感知的社会支持和积极的心理特征（特质弹性和乐观）将缓冲这种不利影响。在这两个脆弱的成年人样本中，与流行病相关的资源损失与精神痛苦有关。感知社会支持与较低的精神痛苦，但并没有一贯缓冲资源损失对心理健康的影响。然而，在研究2中，特质弹性和乐观缓冲这种关系。研究结果进行了讨论，在他们的资源保护理论的影响。
Across the globe, COVID-19 has disproportionately affected the physical and mental health of several vulnerable groups. In a series of two cross-sectional studies conducted April to July 2020, we examined its acute mental health effects on two vulnerable U.S. community samples-home-bound older adults who were at or below the poverty line (Study 1, N = 293, M-age = 76.94, SD = 8.64; 75.1% female, 67.9% Black) and adults with chronic disease (Study 2, N = 322, M-age = 62.20, SD = 12.22; 46.3% female, 28.3% racial/ethnic minorities). Based on the conservation of resources theory, we hypothesised that pandemic-related resource loss would be associated with greater mental distress, but perceived social support and positive psychological characteristics (trait resilience and optimism) would buffer against this adverse effect. Across both samples of vulnerable adults, pandemic-related resource loss was related to mental distress. Perceived social support was related to lower mental distress but did not consistently buffer the effect of resource loss on mental health. However, in Study 2, both trait resilience and optimism buffered this relationship. Findings are discussed in terms of their implications for the conservation of resources theory.