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Dias Neto D, Nunes da Silva A, Roberto MS, Lubenko J, Constantinou M, Nicolaou C, Lamnisos D, Papacostas S, Höfer S, Presti G, Squatrito V, Vasiliou VS, McHugh L, Monestès JL, Baban A, Alvarez-Galvez J, Paez-Blarrina M, Montesinos F, Valdivia-Salas S, Ori D, Lappalainen R, Kleszcz B, Gloster A, Karekla M, Kassianos AP. Corrigendum: Illness perceptions of COVID-19 in Europe: predictors, impacts and temporal evolution. Front Psychol 2023; 14:1227506. [PMID: 37384172 PMCID: PMC10299725 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1227506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2023] [Accepted: 05/30/2023] [Indexed: 06/30/2023] Open
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[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.640955.].
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Affiliation(s)
- David Dias Neto
- ISPA - Instituto Universitário, Lisboa, Portugal
- Applied Psychology Research Center Capabilities & Inclusion, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Psychological Laboratory, Faculty of Public Health and Social Welfare, Riga Stradiņš University, Riga, Latvia
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- Department of Social Sciences (Cyprus), School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Department of Nursing (Cyprus), Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus
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- Department of Health Sciences, European University Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, The University of Nicosia Medical School, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Human and Social Sciences, Kore University Behavioral Lab (KUBeLab), Kore University of Enna, Enna, Italy
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- Kore University Behavioral Lab (KUBeLab), Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Kore University of Enna, Enna, Italy
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- School of Psychology (Ireland), University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Psychology, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Department of Biomedicine, Biotechnology and Public Health, University of Cadiz, Cádiz, Spain
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- Vadaskert Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Hospital, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Psychology, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Division of Clinical Psychology & Intervention Science, Department of Psychology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Psychology, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Department of Psychology, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
- Department of Applied Health Research, University College London (UCL), London, United Kingdom
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Bar-Shalom R, Rozenberg A, Lahyani M, Hassanzadeh B, Sahoo G, Haber M, Burgsdorf I, Tang X, Squatrito V, Gomez-Consarnau L, Béjà O, Steindler L. Rhodopsin-mediated nutrient uptake by cultivated photoheterotrophic Verrucomicrobiota. ISME J 2023:10.1038/s41396-023-01412-1. [PMID: 37120702 DOI: 10.1038/s41396-023-01412-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2022] [Revised: 03/31/2023] [Accepted: 04/05/2023] [Indexed: 05/01/2023]
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Rhodopsin photosystems convert light energy into electrochemical gradients used by the cell to produce ATP, or for other energy-demanding processes. While these photosystems are widespread in the ocean and have been identified in diverse microbial taxonomic groups, their physiological role in vivo has only been studied in few marine bacterial strains. Recent metagenomic studies revealed the presence of rhodopsin genes in the understudied Verrucomicrobiota phylum, yet their distribution within different Verrucomicrobiota lineages, their diversity, and function remain unknown. In this study, we show that more than 7% of Verrucomicrobiota genomes (n = 2916) harbor rhodopsins of different types. Furthermore, we describe the first two cultivated rhodopsin-containing strains, one harboring a proteorhodopsin gene and the other a xanthorhodopsin gene, allowing us to characterize their physiology under laboratory-controlled conditions. The strains were isolated in a previous study from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea and read mapping of 16S rRNA gene amplicons showed the highest abundances of these strains at the deep chlorophyll maximum (source of their inoculum) in winter and spring, with a substantial decrease in summer. Genomic analysis of the isolates suggests that motility and degradation of organic material, both energy demanding functions, may be supported by rhodopsin phototrophy in Verrucomicrobiota. Under culture conditions, we show that rhodopsin phototrophy occurs under carbon starvation, with light-mediated energy generation supporting sugar transport into the cells. Overall, this study suggests that photoheterotrophic Verrucomicrobiota may occupy an ecological niche where energy harvested from light enables bacterial motility toward organic matter and supports nutrient uptake.
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- Rinat Bar-Shalom
- Department of Marine Biology, Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, 3498838, Israel
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- Faculty of Biology, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 3200003, Israel
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- Department of Marine Biology, Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, 3498838, Israel
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA
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- Department of Marine Biology, Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, 3498838, Israel
- Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, 605014, India
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- Department of Marine Biology, Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, 3498838, Israel
- Institute of Hydrobiology, Biology Centre CAS, Na Sadkach 7, 37005, Ceske Budejovice, Czechia
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- Department of Marine Biology, Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, 3498838, Israel
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- Department of Marine Biology, Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, 3498838, Israel
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- Department of Marine Biology, Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, 3498838, Israel
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA
- Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Ensenada, BC, México
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- Faculty of Biology, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 3200003, Israel
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- Department of Marine Biology, Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, 3498838, Israel.
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Chong YY, Chien WT, Cheng HY, Lamnisos D, Ļubenko J, Presti G, Squatrito V, Constantinou M, Nicolaou C, Papacostas S, Aydin G, Ruiz FJ, Garcia-Martin MB, Obando-Posada DP, Segura-Vargas MA, Vasiliou VS, McHugh L, Höfer S, Baban A, Neto DD, da Silva AN, Monestès JL, Alvarez-Galvez J, Blarrina MP, Montesinos F, Salas SV, Őri D, Kleszcz B, Lappalainen R, Ivanović I, Gosar D, Dionne F, Merwin RM, Gloster AT, Kassianos AP, Karekla M. Predictors of changing patterns of adherence to containment measures during the early stage of COVID-19 pandemic: an international longitudinal study. Global Health 2023; 19:25. [PMID: 37069677 PMCID: PMC10106884 DOI: 10.1186/s12992-023-00928-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2022] [Accepted: 04/04/2023] [Indexed: 04/19/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Identifying common factors that affect public adherence to COVID-19 containment measures can directly inform the development of official public health communication strategies. The present international longitudinal study aimed to examine whether prosociality, together with other theoretically derived motivating factors (self-efficacy, perceived susceptibility and severity of COVID-19, perceived social support) predict the change in adherence to COVID-19 containment strategies. METHOD In wave 1 of data collection, adults from eight geographical regions completed online surveys beginning in April 2020, and wave 2 began in June and ended in September 2020. Hypothesized predictors included prosociality, self-efficacy in following COVID-19 containment measures, perceived susceptibility to COVID-19, perceived severity of COVID-19 and perceived social support. Baseline covariates included age, sex, history of COVID-19 infection and geographical regions. Participants who reported adhering to specific containment measures, including physical distancing, avoidance of non-essential travel and hand hygiene, were classified as adherence. The dependent variable was the category of adherence, which was constructed based on changes in adherence across the survey period and included four categories: non-adherence, less adherence, greater adherence and sustained adherence (which was designated as the reference category). RESULTS In total, 2189 adult participants (82% female, 57.2% aged 31-59 years) from East Asia (217 [9.7%]), West Asia (246 [11.2%]), North and South America (131 [6.0%]), Northern Europe (600 [27.4%]), Western Europe (322 [14.7%]), Southern Europe (433 [19.8%]), Eastern Europe (148 [6.8%]) and other regions (96 [4.4%]) were analyzed. Adjusted multinomial logistic regression analyses showed that prosociality, self-efficacy, perceived susceptibility and severity of COVID-19 were significant factors affecting adherence. Participants with greater self-efficacy at wave 1 were less likely to become non-adherence at wave 2 by 26% (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 0.74; 95% CI, 0.71 to 0.77; P < .001), while those with greater prosociality at wave 1 were less likely to become less adherence at wave 2 by 23% (aOR, 0.77; 95% CI, 0.75 to 0.79; P = .04). CONCLUSIONS This study provides evidence that in addition to emphasizing the potential severity of COVID-19 and the potential susceptibility to contact with the virus, fostering self-efficacy in following containment strategies and prosociality appears to be a viable public health education or communication strategy to combat COVID-19.
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- Yuen Yu Chong
- The Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China.
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- The Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- The Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Health Sciences, European University Cyprus, 1516, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Psychological Laboratory, Faculty of Public Health and Social Welfare, Riga Stradiņš University, Riga, Latvia
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- Kore University Behavioral Lab (KUBeLab), Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Kore University of Enna, Enna, Italy
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- Kore University Behavioral Lab (KUBeLab), Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Kore University of Enna, Enna, Italy
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- Department of Social Sciences, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Department of Psychological Counseling and Guidance, Faculty of Education, Hasan Kalyoncu University, Gaziantep, Turkey
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- Department of Psychology, Fundación Universitaria Konrad Lorenz, Bogotà, Colombia
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- School of Psychology, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Psychiatry II, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Psychology, Babeş-Bolyai University (UBB), Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- ISPA - Instituto UniversitárioAPPsyCI - Applied Psychology Research Center Capabilities & Inclusion, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Faculdade de Psicologia da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
- CICPSI - Centro de Investigação Em Ciência Psicológica. Alameda da Universidade, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Biomedicine, Biotechnology and Public Health, University of Cadiz, Cadiz, Spain
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- Department of Mental Health, Heim Pal National Pediatric Institute, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Psychology, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Clinic for Psychiatry, Clinical Center of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro
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- Department of Child, Adolescent and Developmental Neurology, University Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Département de Psychologie, Université du Québec À Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Québec, G9A 5H7, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- Division of Clinical Psychology and Intervention Science, University of Basel, 4001, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Psychology, University of Cyprus, 1678, Nicosia, Cyprus
- Department of Nursing, Cyprus University of Technology, 3036, Limassol, Cyprus
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- Department of Psychology, University of Cyprus, 1678, Nicosia, Cyprus
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Burgsdorf I, Sizikov S, Squatrito V, Britstein M, Slaby BM, Cerrano C, Handley KM, Steindler L. Correction: Lineage-specific energy and carbon metabolism of sponge symbionts and contributions to the host carbon pool. ISME J 2022; 16:1204. [PMID: 35046561 PMCID: PMC8940890 DOI: 10.1038/s41396-022-01186-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Haller E, Lubenko J, Presti G, Squatrito V, Constantinou M, Nicolaou C, Papacostas S, Aydın G, Chong YY, Chien WT, Cheng HY, Ruiz FJ, García-Martín MB, Obando-Posada DP, Segura-Vargas MA, Vasiliou VS, McHugh L, Höfer S, Baban A, Dias Neto D, da Silva AN, Monestès JL, Alvarez-Galvez J, Paez-Blarrina M, Montesinos F, Valdivia-Salas S, Ori D, Kleszcz B, Lappalainen R, Ivanović I, Gosar D, Dionne F, Merwin RM, Karekla M, Kassianos AP, Gloster AT. To Help or Not to Help? Prosocial Behavior, Its Association With Well-Being, and Predictors of Prosocial Behavior During the Coronavirus Disease Pandemic. Front Psychol 2022; 12:775032. [PMID: 35222147 PMCID: PMC8877810 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.775032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2021] [Accepted: 12/21/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic fundamentally disrupted humans’ social life and behavior. Public health measures may have inadvertently impacted how people care for each other. This study investigated prosocial behavior, its association well-being, and predictors of prosocial behavior during the first COVID-19 pandemic lockdown and sought to understand whether region-specific differences exist. Participants (N = 9,496) from eight regions clustering multiple countries around the world responded to a cross-sectional online-survey investigating the psychological consequences of the first upsurge of lockdowns in spring 2020. Prosocial behavior was reported to occur frequently. Multiple regression analyses showed that prosocial behavior was associated with better well-being consistently across regions. With regard to predictors of prosocial behavior, high levels of perceived social support were most strongly associated with prosocial behavior, followed by high levels of perceived stress, positive affect and psychological flexibility. Sociodemographic and psychosocial predictors of prosocial behavior were similar across regions.
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- Elisa Haller
- Clinical Psychology and Intervention Science, Department of Psychology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- *Correspondence: Elisa Haller,
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- Department of Health Psychology and Pedagogy, Riga Stradiņš University, Riga, Latvia
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- Kore University Behavioral Lab, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Kore University of Enna, Enna, Italy
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- Kore University Behavioral Lab, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Kore University of Enna, Enna, Italy
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- Department of Social Sciences, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Department of Psychological Counseling and Guidance, Faculty of Education, Hasan Kalyoncu University, Gaziantep, Turkey
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- The Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- The Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- The Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Psychology, Fundación Universitaria Konrad Lorenz, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- School of Psychology, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Medical Psychology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Psychology, Babes-Bolyai University (UBB), Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- ISPA—Instituto Universitário, APPsyCI—Applied Psychology Research Center Capabilities and Inclusion, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Faculdade de Psicologia, Universidade de Lisboa, Alameda da Universidade, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Biomedicine, Biotechnology and Public Health, University of Cadiz, Cadiz, Spain
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- Department of Mental Health, Heim Pal National Pediatric Institute, Budapest, Hungary
- Institute of Behavioural Sciences, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Bartosz Kleszcz Psychotherapy and Training, Sosnowiec, Poland
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- Department of Psychology, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Child Psychiatry, Institute for Children’s Diseases, Clinical Centre of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro
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- Department of Child, Adolescent and Developmental Neurology, University Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Département de Psychologie, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Duke University, Durham, CA, United States
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- Department of Psychology, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Clinical Psychology and Intervention Science, Department of Psychology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Kassianos AP, Georgiou A, Kyprianidou M, Lamnisos D, Ļubenko J, Presti G, Squatrito V, Constantinou M, Nicolaou C, Papacostas S, Aydin G, Chong YY, Chien WT, Cheng HY, Ruiz FJ, Garcia-Martin MB, Obando D, Segura-Vargas MA, Vasiliou VS, McHugh L, Höfer S, Baban A, Neto DD, da Silva AN, Monestès JL, Alvarez-Galvez J, Blarrina MP, Montesinos F, Salas SV, Őri D, Kleszcz B, Lappalainen R, Ivanović I, Gosar D, Dionne F, Merwin RM, Chatzittofis A, Konstantinou E, Economidou S, Gloster AT, Karekla M, Constantinidou A. Mental Health and Adherence to COVID-19 Protective Behaviors among Cancer Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An International, Multinational Cross-Sectional Study. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:6294. [PMID: 34944913 PMCID: PMC8699048 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13246294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2021] [Revised: 11/22/2021] [Accepted: 12/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
A population-based cross-sectional study was conducted during the first COVID-19 wave, to examine the impact of COVID-19 on mental health using an anonymous online survey, enrolling 9565 individuals in 78 countries. The current sub-study examined the impact of the pandemic and the associated lockdown measures on the mental health, and protective behaviors of cancer patients in comparison to non-cancer participants. Furthermore, 264 participants from 30 different countries reported being cancer patients. The median age was 51.5 years, 79.9% were female, and 28% had breast cancer. Cancer participants reported higher self-efficacy to follow recommended national guidelines regarding COVID-19 protective behaviors compared to non-cancer participants (p < 0.01). They were less stressed (p < 0.01), more psychologically flexible (p < 0.01), and had higher levels of positive affect compared to non-cancer participants. Amongst cancer participants, the majority (80.3%) reported COVID-19, not their cancer, as their priority during the first wave of the pandemic and females reported higher levels of stress compared to males. In conclusion, cancer participants appeared to have handled the unpredictable nature of the first wave of the pandemic efficiently, with a positive attitude towards an unknown and otherwise frightening situation. Larger, cancer population specific and longitudinal studies are warranted to ensure adequate medical and psychological care for cancer patients.
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- Angelos P. Kassianos
- Department of Psychology, University of Cyprus, Nicosia 2109, Cyprus; (A.P.K.); (M.K.)
- Department of Applied Health Research, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Bank of Cyprus Oncology Centre, Nicosia 2006, Cyprus; (A.G.); (E.K.); (S.E.)
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- Department of Psychology, University of Cyprus, Nicosia 2109, Cyprus; (A.P.K.); (M.K.)
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- Department of Health Sciences, European University of Cyprus, Nicosia 2109, Cyprus;
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- Psychological Laboratory, Faculty of Public Health and Social Welfare, Riga Stradins University, LV-1007 Riga, Latvia;
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- Human and Social Sciences Department, University of Enna Kore, 94100 Enna, Italy; (G.P.); (V.S.)
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- Human and Social Sciences Department, University of Enna Kore, 94100 Enna, Italy; (G.P.); (V.S.)
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- Department of Nursing, School of Health Sciences, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol 3041, Cyprus;
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- Department of Psychological Counseling and Guidance, Hasan Kalyoncu University, Gaziantep 27010, Turkey;
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- The Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China; (Y.Y.C.); (W.T.C.); (H.Y.C.)
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- The Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China; (Y.Y.C.); (W.T.C.); (H.Y.C.)
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- The Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China; (Y.Y.C.); (W.T.C.); (H.Y.C.)
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- Department of Psychology, Universidad de La Sabana, Chia 140013, Colombia; (F.J.R.); (M.B.G.-M.); (D.O.); (M.A.S.-V.)
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- Department of Psychology, Universidad de La Sabana, Chia 140013, Colombia; (F.J.R.); (M.B.G.-M.); (D.O.); (M.A.S.-V.)
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- Department of Psychology, Universidad de La Sabana, Chia 140013, Colombia; (F.J.R.); (M.B.G.-M.); (D.O.); (M.A.S.-V.)
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- Department of Psychology, Universidad de La Sabana, Chia 140013, Colombia; (F.J.R.); (M.B.G.-M.); (D.O.); (M.A.S.-V.)
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- School of Applied Psychology, University College Cork (UCC), T23 XE10 Cork, Ireland;
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- School of Psychology, University College Dublin, D04 V1W8 Dublin 4, Ireland;
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- Department of Medical Psychology, Medical University Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria;
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- Department of Psychology, Babes-Bolyai University, 400015 Cluj-Napoca, Romania;
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- ISPA—Instituto Universitário, 1149-041 Lisboa, Portugal;
- Applied Psychology Research Center Capabilities & Inclusion, 1149-041 Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Psychology, University of Lisbon, 1649-013 Lisbon, Portugal;
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- Department of Biomedicine, Biotechnology and Public Health, University of Cadiz, 11009 Cadiz, Spain;
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- Instituto ACT, 28049 Madrid, Spain; (M.P.B.); (F.M.)
- Department of Psychology, Universidad Europea de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Mental Health, Heim Pal National Pediatric Institute, H-1089 Budapest, Hungary;
- Institute of Behavioral Sciences, Semmelweis University, H-1089 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Psychology, University of Jyväskylä, 40014 Jyväskylä, Finland;
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- Department of Child Psychiatry, Institute for Children’s Diseases, Clinical Centre of Montenegro, 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro;
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- Department of Child, Adolescent and Developmental Neurology, University Children’s Hospital Ljubljana, University Medical Center Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia;
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- Département de Psychologie, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC G8Z 4M3, Canada;
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA;
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- Bank of Cyprus Oncology Centre, Nicosia 2006, Cyprus; (A.G.); (E.K.); (S.E.)
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- Division of Clinical Psychology & Intervention Science, Department of Psychology, University of Basel, 4055 Basel, Switzerland;
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- Department of Psychology, University of Cyprus, Nicosia 2109, Cyprus; (A.P.K.); (M.K.)
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- Bank of Cyprus Oncology Centre, Nicosia 2006, Cyprus; (A.G.); (E.K.); (S.E.)
- Medical School, University of Cyprus, Nicosia 1678, Cyprus;
- Cyprus Cancer Research Institute, Nicosia 2109, Cyprus
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Burgsdorf I, Sizikov S, Squatrito V, Britstein M, Slaby BM, Cerrano C, Handley KM, Steindler L. Lineage-specific energy and carbon metabolism of sponge symbionts and contributions to the host carbon pool. ISME J 2021; 16:1163-1175. [PMID: 34876682 PMCID: PMC8941161 DOI: 10.1038/s41396-021-01165-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2021] [Revised: 10/30/2021] [Accepted: 11/24/2021] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Marine sponges host a wide diversity of microorganisms, which have versatile modes of carbon and energy metabolism. In this study we describe the major lithoheterotrophic and autotrophic processes in 21 microbial sponge-associated phyla using novel and existing genomic and transcriptomic datasets. We show that the main microbial carbon fixation pathways in sponges are the Calvin–Benson–Bassham cycle (energized by light in Cyanobacteria, by sulfur compounds in two orders of Gammaproteobacteria, and by a wide range of compounds in filamentous Tectomicrobia), the reductive tricarboxylic acid cycle (used by Nitrospirota), and the 3-hydroxypropionate/4-hydroxybutyrate cycle (active in Thaumarchaeota). Further, we observed that some sponge symbionts, in particular Acidobacteria, are capable of assimilating carbon through anaplerotic processes. The lithoheterotrophic lifestyle was widespread and CO oxidation is the main energy source for sponge lithoheterotrophs. We also suggest that the molybdenum-binding subunit of dehydrogenase (encoded by coxL) likely evolved to benefit also organoheterotrophs that utilize various organic substrates. Genomic potential does not necessarily inform on actual contribution of autotrophs to light and dark carbon budgets. Radioisotope assays highlight variability in the relative contributions of photo- and chemoautotrophs to the total carbon pool across different sponge species, emphasizing the importance of validating genomic potential with physiology experimentation.
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- I Burgsdorf
- Department of Marine Biology, Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Marine Biology, Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Marine Biology, Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Marine Biology, Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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- GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, RD3 Marine Ecology, RU Marine Symbioses, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Marine Biology, Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
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Mandarano P, Squatrito V, Mariotti A, Presti G. Second Line Volunteering in Lombardy Covid-19 Emergency as a Perspective on Medical Education and Psychological Distress. Clin Neuropsychiatry 2021; 18:278-287. [PMID: 34984071 PMCID: PMC8696288 DOI: 10.36131/cnfioritieditore20210506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Healthcare personnel across Italy were called to arms during COVID-19 emergency beginning March 2020. Despite their medical training, not all of them were able to fight in first line. Volunteering for COVID-19 Lombardy ICU Network Coordination Centre (C19-LINCC) was an opportunity to volunteer without being under biological threat: a smart-working in direct phone contact with the ICUs. Our aim was to investigate if second line volunteering during the COVID-19 outbreak had an impact on stress levels and whether medical training could mitigate them, along with personality factors, namely psychological flexibility. METHOD Volunteers of the C19-LINCC self-rated their own medical education related to SARS-CoV-2 and psychological response to the emergency. The questionnaire included five psychological scales (PSS, IES, MBI, AAQ-II, GHQ-12) addressing burnout, stress, general health, attention, cognitive fusion, and psychological flexibility. RESULTS Psychological distress (GHQ p≤0,0001) and perception of personal achievement (MBI_p≤0,0001) change whether the subject is a volunteer or not, while perception of medical education does not have a significant impact between the two groups. No differences were found in acceptance, mindfulness, and psychological flexibility skills, however they inversely correlated with stress, burnout, and anxiety levels. CONCLUSIONS During this period of mandatory lockdown, trained and in-training doctors showed to benefit from this smart home-based volunteering in the C19-LINCC. In addition to volunteering, psychological flexibility, mindfulness, and acceptance skills can act as protective factors. Potentially, these are soft skills that could be added to medical education.
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- Piergiorgio Mandarano
- Mandarano P. is an undergraduate student of Medicine and Surgery, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Italy, and a student member of the Academy of Medical Educators, GB
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- Squatrito V. is a Postdoc at the Department of Human and Social Science, University of Enna “Kore”, Italy
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- Mariotti A. is an intern at the Department of Human and Social Science, University of Enna “Kore”, Italy
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- Presti G. is Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of the Kore University Behavioral Lab (KUBE Lab), Department of Human and Social Science, University of Enna “Kore”, Italy, and former President of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science
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Nicolaou C, Menikou J, Lamnisos D, Lubenko J, Presti G, Squatrito V, Constantinou M, Papacostas S, Aydın G, Chong YY, Chien WT, Cheng HY, Ruiz FJ, Segura-Vargas MA, Garcia-Martin MB, Obando-Posada DP, Vasiliou VS, McHugh L, Höfer S, Baban A, Neto DD, da Silva AN, Monestès JL, Alvarez-Galvez J, Paez-Blarrina M, Montesinos F, Valdivia-Salas S, Ori D, Kleszcz B, Lappalainen R, Ivanović I, Gosar D, Dionne F, Merwin RM, Kassianos AP, Karekla M, Gloster AT. Mental Health Status of Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Outbreak. European Journal of Psychology Open 2021. [DOI: 10.1024/2673-8627/a000010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Abstract. Background: The COVID-19 pandemic is a massive health crisis that has exerted enormous physical and psychological pressure. Mental healthcare for healthcare workers (HCWs) should receive serious consideration. This study served to determine the mental-health outcomes of 1,556 HCWs from 45 countries who participated in the COVID-19 IMPACT project, and to examine the predictors of the outcomes during the first pandemic wave. Methods: Outcomes assessed were self-reported perceived stress, depression symptom, and sleep changes. The predictors examined included sociodemographic factors and perceived social support. Results: The results demonstrated that half of the HCWs had moderate levels of perceived stress and symptoms of depression. Half of the HCWs ( n = 800, 51.4%) had similar sleeping patterns since the pandemic started, and one in four slept more or slept less. HCWs reported less perceived stress and depression symptoms and higher levels of perceived social support than the general population who participated in the same project. Predictors associated with higher perceived stress and symptoms of depression among HCWs included female sex, not having children, living with parents, lower educational level, and lower social support. Discussion: The need for establishing ways to mitigate mental-health risks and adjusting psychological interventions and support for HCWs seems to be significant as the pandemic continues.
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- Christiana Nicolaou
- Department of Nursing, School of Health Sciences, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus
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- Department of Health Sciences, European University Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Department of Health Sciences, European University Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Psychological Laboratory, Faculty of Public Health and Social Welfare, Riga Stradiņš University, Riga, Latvia
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- Kore University Behavioral Lab (KUBeLab), Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Kore University of Enna, Italy
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- Kore University Behavioral Lab (KUBeLab), Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Kore University of Enna, Italy
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- Department of Social Sciences, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Department of Psychological Counseling and Guidance, Faculty of Education, Hasan Kalyoncu University, Gaziantep, Turkey
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- The Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- The Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- The Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Faculty of Psychology, Fundación Universitaria Konrad Lorenz, Bogotá, Colombia
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- School of Psychology, University College Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Medical Psychology, Medical University Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Psychology, Babeş-Bolyai University (UBB), Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- ISPA – Instituto Universitário; APPsyCI – Applied Psychology Research Center Capabilities & Inclusion, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Faculdade de Psicologia, Universidade de Lisboa, Alameda da Universidade, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Department of Biomedicine, Biotechnology and Public Health, University of Cadiz, Spain
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- Department of Mental Health, Heim Pal National Pediatric Institute, Budapest, Hungary
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- Clinical Centre of Montenegro, Institute for Children’s diseases, Department for Child Psychiatry, Podgorica, Montenegro
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- Ljubljana University Medical Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Applied Health Research, University College London, United Kingdom
- Department of Psychology, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Department of Psychology, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Division of Clinical Psychology & Intervention Science, Department of Psychology, University of Basel, Switzerland
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Chong YY, Chien WT, Cheng HY, Lamnisos D, Ļubenko J, Presti G, Squatrito V, Constantinou M, Nicolaou C, Papacostas S, Aydin G, Ruiz FJ, Garcia-Martin MB, Obando-Posada DP, Segura-Vargas MA, Vasiliou VS, McHugh L, Höfer S, Baban A, Neto DD, da Silva AN, Monestès JL, Alvarez-Galvez J, Blarrina MP, Montesinos F, Salas SV, Őri D, Kleszcz B, Lappalainen R, Ivanović I, Gosar D, Dionne F, Merwin RM, Gloster AT, Karekla M, Kassianos AP. Patterns of Psychological Responses among the Public during the Early Phase of COVID-19: A Cross-Regional Analysis. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021; 18:4143. [PMID: 33919888 PMCID: PMC8070933 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18084143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2021] [Revised: 04/05/2021] [Accepted: 04/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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This study aimed to compare the mediation of psychological flexibility, prosociality and coping in the impacts of illness perceptions toward COVID-19 on mental health among seven regions. Convenience sampled online survey was conducted between April and June 2020 from 9130 citizens in 21 countries. Illness perceptions toward COVID-19, psychological flexibility, prosociality, coping and mental health, socio-demographics, lockdown-related variables and COVID-19 status were assessed. Results showed that psychological flexibility was the only significant mediator in the relationship between illness perceptions toward COVID-19 and mental health across all regions (all ps = 0.001-0.021). Seeking social support was the significant mediator across subgroups (all ps range = <0.001-0.005) except from the Hong Kong sample (p = 0.06) and the North and South American sample (p = 0.53). No mediation was found for problem-solving (except from the Northern European sample, p = 0.009). Prosociality was the significant mediator in the Hong Kong sample (p = 0.016) and the Eastern European sample (p = 0.008). These findings indicate that fostering psychological flexibility may help to mitigate the adverse mental impacts of COVID-19 across regions. Roles of seeking social support, problem-solving and prosociality vary across regions.
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- Yuen Yu Chong
- The Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; (W.T.C.); (H.Y.C.)
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- The Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; (W.T.C.); (H.Y.C.)
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- The Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; (W.T.C.); (H.Y.C.)
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- Department of Health Sciences, European University Cyprus, 1516 Nicosia, Cyprus;
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- Psychological Laboratory, Faculty of Public Health and Social Welfare, Riga Stradiņš University, LV-1007 Riga, Latvia;
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- Kore University Behavioral Lab (KUBeLab), Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Kore University of Enna, 94100 Enna, Italy; (G.P.); (V.S.)
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- Kore University Behavioral Lab (KUBeLab), Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Kore University of Enna, 94100 Enna, Italy; (G.P.); (V.S.)
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- Department of Social Sciences, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Nicosia, 2417 Nicosia, Cyprus;
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- Department of Nursing, Cyprus University of Technology, 3036 Limassol, Cyprus;
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- Department of Psychological Counseling and Guidance, Faculty of Education, Hasan Kalyoncu University, Gaziantep 27010, Turkey;
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- Department of Psychology, Fundación Universitaria Konrad Lorenz, Bogotà 110231, Colombia; (F.J.R.); (M.A.S.-V.)
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- Faculty of Psychology, University of La Sabana, Chía 53753, Colombia; (M.B.G.-M.); (D.P.O.-P.)
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- Faculty of Psychology, University of La Sabana, Chía 53753, Colombia; (M.B.G.-M.); (D.P.O.-P.)
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- Department of Psychology, Fundación Universitaria Konrad Lorenz, Bogotà 110231, Colombia; (F.J.R.); (M.A.S.-V.)
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- School of Applied Psychology, University College Cork, T12 YN60 Cork, Ireland;
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- School of Psychology, University College Dublin, D04 V1W8 Dublin, Ireland;
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- Department of Medical Psychology, Innsbruck Medical University, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria;
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- Department of Psychology, Babeş-Bolyai University (UBB), 400095 Cluj-Napoca, Romania;
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- ISPA—Instituto Universitário, APPsyCI—Applied Psychology Research Center Capabilities & Inclusion, 1149-041 Lisbon, Portugal;
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- Faculdade de Psicologia, Alameda da Universidade, Universidade de Lisboa, 1649-013 Lisbon, Portugal;
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- Department of Biomedicine, Biotechnology and Public Health, University of Cadiz, 11003 Cadiz, Spain;
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- Heim Pal National Pediatric Institute, Department of Mental Health, 1089 Budapest, Hungary;
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- Bartosz Kleszcz Psychotherapy and Training, ul. Aleja Zwycięstwa 31/8, 41-200 Sosnowiec, Poland;
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- Department of Psychology, University of Jyväskylä, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland;
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- Clinic for Psychiatry, Clinical Center of Montenegro, 81110 Podgorica, Montenegro;
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- Department of Child, Adolescent and Developmental Neurology, University Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia;
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- Département de Psychologie, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC G9A 5H7, Canada;
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA;
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- Division of Clinical Psychology and Intervention Science, University of Basel, 4001 Basel, Switzerland;
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- Department of Psychology, University of Cyprus, 1678 Nicosia, Cyprus; (M.K.); (A.P.K.)
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- Department of Psychology, University of Cyprus, 1678 Nicosia, Cyprus; (M.K.); (A.P.K.)
- Department of Applied Health Research, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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Dias Neto D, Nunes da Silva A, Roberto MS, Lubenko J, Constantinou M, Nicolaou C, Lamnisos D, Papacostas S, Höfer S, Presti G, Squatrito V, Vasiliou VS, McHugh L, Monestès JL, Baban A, Alvarez-Galvez J, Paez-Blarrina M, Montesinos F, Valdivia-Salas S, Ori D, Lappalainen R, Kleszcz B, Gloster A, Karekla M, Kassianos AP. Illness Perceptions of COVID-19 in Europe: Predictors, Impacts and Temporal Evolution. Front Psychol 2021; 12:640955. [PMID: 33935893 PMCID: PMC8079952 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.640955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2020] [Accepted: 03/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Objective: Illness perceptions (IP) are important predictors of emotional and behavioral responses in many diseases. The current study aims to investigate the COVID-19-related IP throughout Europe. The specific goals are to understand the temporal development, identify predictors (within demographics and contact with COVID-19) and examine the impacts of IP on perceived stress and preventive behaviors. Methods: This was a time-series-cross-section study of 7,032 participants from 16 European countries using multilevel modeling from April to June 2020. IP were measured with the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire. Temporal patterns were observed considering the date of participation and the date recoded to account the epidemiological evolution of each country. The outcomes considered were perceived stress and COVID-19 preventive behaviors. Results: There were significant trends, over time, for several IP, suggesting a small decrease in negativity in the perception of COVID-19 in the community. Age, gender, and education level related to some, but not all, IP. Considering the self-regulation model, perceptions consistently predicted general stress and were less consistently related to preventive behaviors. Country showed no effect in the predictive model, suggesting that national differences may have little relevance for IP, in this context. Conclusion: The present study provides a comprehensive picture of COVID-19 IP in Europe in an early stage of the pandemic. The results shed light on the process of IP formation with implications for health-related outcomes and their evolution.
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- David Dias Neto
- ISPA - Instituto Universitário, Lisboa, Portugal.,Applied Psychology Research Center Capabilities & Inclusion, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Psychological Laboratory, Faculty of Public Health and Social Welfare, Riga Stradiṇš University, Riga, Latvia
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- Department of Social Sciences (Cyprus), School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Department of Nursing (Cyprus), Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus
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- Department of Health Sciences, European University Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, The University of Nicosia Medical School, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Human and Social Sciences, Kore University Behavioral Lab (KUBeLab), Kore University of Enna, Enna, Italy
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- Kore University Behavioral Lab (KUBeLab), Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Kore University of Enna, Enna, Italy
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- School of Psychology (Ireland), University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Psychology, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Department of Biomedicine, Biotechnology and Public Health, University of Cadiz, Cádiz, Spain
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- Vadaskert Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Hospital, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Psychology, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Division of Clinical Psychology & Intervention Science, Department of Psychology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Psychology, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Department of Psychology, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus.,Department of Applied Health Research, University College London (UCL), London, United Kingdom
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Gloster AT, Lamnisos D, Lubenko J, Presti G, Squatrito V, Constantinou M, Nicolaou C, Papacostas S, Aydın G, Chong YY, Chien WT, Cheng HY, Ruiz FJ, Garcia-Martin MB, Obando-Posada DP, Segura-Vargas MA, Vasiliou VS, McHugh L, Höfer S, Baban A, Dias Neto D, Nunes da Silva A, Monestès JL, Alvarez-Galvez J, Paez-Blarrina M, Montesinos F, Valdivia-Salas S, Ori D, Kleszcz B, Lappalainen R, Ivanović I, Gosar D, Dionne F, Merwin RM, Kassianos AP, Karekla M. Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on mental health: An international study. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0244809. [PMID: 33382859 PMCID: PMC7774914 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0244809 10.1371/journal.pone.0244809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND The COVID-19 pandemic triggered vast governmental lockdowns. The impact of these lockdowns on mental health is inadequately understood. On the one hand such drastic changes in daily routines could be detrimental to mental health. On the other hand, it might not be experienced negatively, especially because the entire population was affected. METHODS The aim of this study was to determine mental health outcomes during pandemic induced lockdowns and to examine known predictors of mental health outcomes. We therefore surveyed n = 9,565 people from 78 countries and 18 languages. Outcomes assessed were stress, depression, affect, and wellbeing. Predictors included country, sociodemographic factors, lockdown characteristics, social factors, and psychological factors. RESULTS Results indicated that on average about 10% of the sample was languishing from low levels of mental health and about 50% had only moderate mental health. Importantly, three consistent predictors of mental health emerged: social support, education level, and psychologically flexible (vs. rigid) responding. Poorer outcomes were most strongly predicted by a worsening of finances and not having access to basic supplies. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that on whole, respondents were moderately mentally healthy at the time of a population-wide lockdown. The highest level of mental health difficulties were found in approximately 10% of the population. Findings suggest that public health initiatives should target people without social support and those whose finances worsen as a result of the lockdown. Interventions that promote psychological flexibility may mitigate the impact of the pandemic.
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- Andrew T. Gloster
- Division of Clinical Psychology & Intervention Science, Department of Psychology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Health Sciences, European University Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Psychological Laboratory, Faculty of Public Health and Social Welfare, Riga Stradiņš University, Riga, Latvia
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- Kore University Behavioral Lab (KUBeLab), Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Kore University of Enna, Enna, Italy
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- Kore University Behavioral Lab (KUBeLab), Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Kore University of Enna, Enna, Italy
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- Department of Social Sciences, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Department of Psychological Counseling and Guidance, Faculty of Education, Hasan Kalyoncu University, Gaziantep, Turkey
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- The Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- The Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- The Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Psychology, Fundación Universitaria Konrad Lorenz, Bogotà, Columbia
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- School of Psychology, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Psychology, Babeş-Bolyai University (UBB), Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada (ISPA), Instituto Universitário; APPsyCI—Applied Psychology Research Center Capabilities & Inclusion, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Faculdade de Psicologia, Alameda da Universidade, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Department of Biomedicine, Biotechnology and Public Health, University of Cadiz, Cadiz, Spain
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- Vadaskert Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Hospital, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Psychology, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Clinic for Psychiatry, Clinical Center of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro
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- Ljubljana University Medical Centre, Ljubljana, Slovania
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- Département de Psychologie, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Psychology, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
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Gloster AT, Lamnisos D, Lubenko J, Presti G, Squatrito V, Constantinou M, Nicolaou C, Papacostas S, Aydın G, Chong YY, Chien WT, Cheng HY, Ruiz FJ, Garcia-Martin MB, Obando-Posada DP, Segura-Vargas MA, Vasiliou VS, McHugh L, Höfer S, Baban A, Dias Neto D, Nunes da Silva A, Monestès JL, Alvarez-Galvez J, Paez-Blarrina M, Montesinos F, Valdivia-Salas S, Ori D, Kleszcz B, Lappalainen R, Ivanović I, Gosar D, Dionne F, Merwin RM, Kassianos AP, Karekla M. Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on mental health: An international study. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0244809. [PMID: 33382859 PMCID: PMC7774914 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0244809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 266] [Impact Index Per Article: 66.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2020] [Accepted: 12/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The COVID-19 pandemic triggered vast governmental lockdowns. The impact of these lockdowns on mental health is inadequately understood. On the one hand such drastic changes in daily routines could be detrimental to mental health. On the other hand, it might not be experienced negatively, especially because the entire population was affected. METHODS The aim of this study was to determine mental health outcomes during pandemic induced lockdowns and to examine known predictors of mental health outcomes. We therefore surveyed n = 9,565 people from 78 countries and 18 languages. Outcomes assessed were stress, depression, affect, and wellbeing. Predictors included country, sociodemographic factors, lockdown characteristics, social factors, and psychological factors. RESULTS Results indicated that on average about 10% of the sample was languishing from low levels of mental health and about 50% had only moderate mental health. Importantly, three consistent predictors of mental health emerged: social support, education level, and psychologically flexible (vs. rigid) responding. Poorer outcomes were most strongly predicted by a worsening of finances and not having access to basic supplies. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that on whole, respondents were moderately mentally healthy at the time of a population-wide lockdown. The highest level of mental health difficulties were found in approximately 10% of the population. Findings suggest that public health initiatives should target people without social support and those whose finances worsen as a result of the lockdown. Interventions that promote psychological flexibility may mitigate the impact of the pandemic.
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- Andrew T. Gloster
- Division of Clinical Psychology & Intervention Science, Department of Psychology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Health Sciences, European University Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Psychological Laboratory, Faculty of Public Health and Social Welfare, Riga Stradiņš University, Riga, Latvia
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- Kore University Behavioral Lab (KUBeLab), Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Kore University of Enna, Enna, Italy
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- Kore University Behavioral Lab (KUBeLab), Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Kore University of Enna, Enna, Italy
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- Department of Social Sciences, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Department of Psychological Counseling and Guidance, Faculty of Education, Hasan Kalyoncu University, Gaziantep, Turkey
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- The Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- The Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- The Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Psychology, Fundación Universitaria Konrad Lorenz, Bogotà, Columbia
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- School of Psychology, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Psychology, Babeş-Bolyai University (UBB), Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada (ISPA), Instituto Universitário; APPsyCI—Applied Psychology Research Center Capabilities & Inclusion, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Faculdade de Psicologia, Alameda da Universidade, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Department of Biomedicine, Biotechnology and Public Health, University of Cadiz, Cadiz, Spain
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- Vadaskert Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Hospital, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Psychology, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Clinic for Psychiatry, Clinical Center of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro
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- Ljubljana University Medical Centre, Ljubljana, Slovania
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- Département de Psychologie, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Psychology, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
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Tagliabue M, Squatrito V, Presti G. Models of Cognition and Their Applications in Behavioral Economics: A Conceptual Framework for Nudging Derived From Behavior Analysis and Relational Frame Theory. Front Psychol 2019; 10:2418. [PMID: 31736824 PMCID: PMC6838970 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2019] [Accepted: 10/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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This paper puts forward a rounder conceptual model for interpreting short- and long-term effects of choice behavior. As a further development of dual-process theory, Kahneman (2003) distinguished between intuition and reasoning, which served as the respective precursors of the cognitive processing systems 1 and 2. We maintain that they reflect the more rigorous distinction between brief and immediate and extended and elaborated relational responding, which may be reinterpreted through an analysis of their functional properties. Repertoires of relational responding are offered by the multi-dimensional multi-level model. Specifically, we provide a conceptual account of how nudging, or the manipulation of environmental contingencies, works on the creation and modification of relational framing. Educative nudges, or boosts, are a subset of nudges that may more easily maintain target choice behavior in the future. The central role of verbal behavior is essential toward formulating rules, which inform and guide choice behavior over time. Although nudges are traditionally regarded as System 1-steered aspects, they are herein regarded as cues for responding to relational frames, which may induce System 2-steered aspects. We suggest adopting the implicit relational assessment procedure (IRAP) to inform how coherent and immediate responding to novel relational responding may occur in the presence of choice behavior. Several examples are included to support the claim of encompassing relational responding and choice behavior. We address the instances of consumer behavior, stereotypy and prejudices, eating behavior, and overcoming cognitive biases. The conclusions depict a promising way forward for the study of choice: an improved model for interpreting and overcoming human errors, due to changes in the contingencies of behavior.
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- Marco Tagliabue
- Cultural Selection and Behavioral Economics Lab, Department of Behavioural Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway
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- Kore University Behavioral Lab, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Kore University, Enna, Italy
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- Kore University Behavioral Lab, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Kore University, Enna, Italy
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Guarnera M, Magnano P, Pellerone M, Cascio MI, Squatrito V, Buccheri SL. Facial expressions and the ability to recognize emotions from the eyes or mouth: A comparison among old adults, young adults, and children. J Genet Psychol 2018; 179:297-310. [PMID: 30346916 DOI: 10.1080/00221325.2018.1509200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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The aim of the present study was to contribute to the literature on the ability to recognize anger, happiness, fear, surprise, sadness, disgust, and neutral emotions from facial information (whole face, eye region, mouth region). More specifically, the aim was to investigate older adults' performance in emotions recognition using the same tool used in the previous studies on children and adults' performance and verify if the pattern of emotions recognition show differences compared with the other two groups. Results showed that happiness is among the easiest emotions to recognize while the disgust is always among the most difficult emotions to recognize for older adults. The findings seem to indicate that is more easily recognizing emotions when pictures represent the whole face; compared with the specific region (eye and mouth regions), older participants seems to recognize more easily emotions when the mouth region is presented. In general, the results of the study did not detect a decay in the ability to recognize emotions from the face, eyes, or mouth. The performance of the old adults is statistically worse than the other two groups in only a few cases: in anger and disgust recognition from the whole face; in anger recognition from the eye region; and in disgust, fear, and neutral emotion recognition from mouth region.
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- Maria Guarnera
- a Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Università degli Studi di Enna Kore , Enna , Italy
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- a Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Università degli Studi di Enna Kore , Enna , Italy
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- a Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Università degli Studi di Enna Kore , Enna , Italy
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- a Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Università degli Studi di Enna Kore , Enna , Italy
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- a Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Università degli Studi di Enna Kore , Enna , Italy
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Ramaci T, Pellerone M, Ledda C, Presti G, Squatrito V, Rapisarda V. Gender stereotypes in occupational choice: a cross-sectional study on a group of Italian adolescents. Psychol Res Behav Manag 2017; 10:109-117. [PMID: 28458587 PMCID: PMC5403118 DOI: 10.2147/prbm.s134132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background Gender beliefs represent cultural schemas for interpreting or making sense of the social and employment world, as they can influence attitudes, career aspirations, and the vocational decision process of young people, especially the adolescence. Materials and methods This study examined the influence of gender stereotypes on the choice of career in adolescents. A group of 120 students were recruited to complete an ad hoc questionnaire, Scale of Perceived Occupational Self-Efficacy, and Semantic Differentials. The objectives of the study were to analyze the relationship between occupational self-efficacy and professional preference; to measure the influence of independent variables, such as age and gender, on the representation that students have of themselves and of the profession; and to identify the predictor variables of self-efficacy in the vocational decision. Results Data showed that the distance between professional identity and social identity increases with age. Results underline that males seem to perceive themselves more self-efficient in military, scientific–technological, and agrarian professions than females. Furthermore, the type of job performed by parents appears to be a self-efficacy predictor variable in the choice of professions in the services area. Conclusion Individuals’ perceived occupational self-efficacy, gender, age, and parents’ profession have implications for exploratory behavior. The conditions that make gender differences salient are more likely to favor self-representations of the career and consistent assessments with these representations.
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- Tiziana Ramaci
- Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, "Kore" University of Enna, Enna
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- Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, "Kore" University of Enna, Enna
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- Occupational Medicine, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, "Kore" University of Enna, Enna
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- Occupational Medicine, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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