Evolving policies, enduring impacts: Cross-sectional surveys of mental health, risk-related perceptions, and coping behaviors throughout China's U-turn in its stringent zero-COVID policy.
Shuguang ZhaoJue ZhouTing WangPublished in: Journal of clinical psychology (2024)
The study investigated the changes in mental health symptoms, risk-related perceptions, and coping behaviors of Chinese respondents between 2020 and 2023 and identified protective factors against the pandemic's impact, including demographic (gender, age), social (education, marital status, residence), and exposure (infection history) elements. Understanding these fluctuations and protective elements is crucial for policymakers, as it can inform the development of targeted strategies to alleviate negative psychological impacts while effectively managing future pandemics.
Keyphrases
- mental health
- healthcare
- health risk
- cross sectional
- coronavirus disease
- sars cov
- public health
- depressive symptoms
- primary care
- social support
- mental illness
- drinking water
- heavy metals
- sleep quality
- mass spectrometry
- high resolution
- living cells
- risk assessment
- sensitive detection
- current status
- cancer therapy
- atomic force microscopy