2021年の米国の若年層における日常的な社会的距離との関連
Brittany L Stevenson1,2, Rebecca J Evans-Polce3,4, Sarah Peterson4
1Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, One Veterans Drive, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Psychology & health
|August 31, 2025
まとめ
COVID-19の間,若者は社会的な距離を一貫して維持しました. 距離を置くことの増加は アルコール使用の減少,孤独感の増大,病気の症状の増加と相関しており,公衆衛生のガイドラインの遵守が示されています.
科学分野:
- 心理学
- 公衆衛生
- 社会学
背景:
- COVID-19 パンデミックにより,広範囲にわたる社会距離の対策が必要になりました.
- 社会的距離と日常の健康との相互作用を理解することは,公衆衛生にとって極めて重要です.
- 社会的距離を守った若者の行動が 捜査に値する
研究 の 目的:
- 社会的距離と若年における日々の変動の関係について調べる.
- 気分,孤独,薬物使用,病気の症状が ソーシャル・ディスタンス行動とどのように関係しているかを評価する.
- 若者が日常的な症状や気分に基づいて 社交距離を調整したかどうかを判断するためです
主な方法:
- 以前からアルコールを使用していた772人の若い成人の全国的なサンプルです.
- 2021年春に最大14日間の毎日の評価
- 社会的距離,気分,孤独,薬物使用,病気の症状の測定
主要な成果:
- 社会的距離のレベルは,一般的には個人内で一貫していました.
- 社会的距離が高くなるということは アルコールの消費が少なくなり 孤独感が強くなるということです
- 社会的距離の維持は,より高い風邪/インフルエンザの症状,より低いポジティブな気分,およびアルコール消費量の減少と相関しています.
- 若い成人は,風邪/インフルエンザの症状が強い日に,社会的な距離をわずかに高めました.
結論:
- 社会的距離の遵守は個人内で安定しており,日常的な孤独感に大きく影響されませんでした.
- 若い成人は,病気の症状に対応して,適応的な社会的距離を保つことを示しました.
- 発見は,健康危機の時の遵守と福祉に関する公衆衛生戦略を参考にします.
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