压力增强的心态与COVID-19大流行期间较低的创伤性压力症状有关
Sarah E Williams1, Annie T Ginty2
1School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
Anxiety, stress, and coping
|November 16, 2023
概括
积极的压力思维可能会减少创伤性压力症状. 将压力视为增强与像COVID-19流行病这样的重大生活事件后的侵入,避免和过度兴奋的较低症状有关.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 创伤研究 创伤研究
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 压力增强的心态与更好的压力感知和应对有关.
- 关于压力思维对现实世界压力事件中创伤性压力症状的潜在影响的研究有限.
- 这项研究调查了大流行前的压力思维方式和随后与COVID-19大流行相关的创伤性压力症状之间的联系.
研究的目的:
- 探索压力增强心态和创伤性压力症状之间的潜在关联.
- 为了确定疫情前的压力思维模式是否预测了对COVID-19疫情的后期反应.
- 检查压力心态和创伤性压力的特定症状之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 未来的研究设计涉及179名大学生.
- 在COVID-19流行病爆发之前进行的压力思维测量 (SMM).
- 事件规模修订的影响 (IES-R) 评估COVID-19相关的创伤症状,大流行开始一年.
主要成果:
- 更有压力增强的心态与创伤性压力症状有负面关联.
- 压力心态测量 (SMM) 显著预测了事件影响量级修订 (IES-R) 的入侵,避免和过度兴奋分量级的较低得分.
- 具有更积极的压力心态的个人报告说,在应对大流行时,侵入,回避和过度兴奋的症状较少.
结论:
- 积极的压力心态与重大生命事件后的创伤性压力症状减少有关.
- 旨在改变压力心态的干预措施可能是应对压力生活事件的有价值策略.
- 研究结果表明,培养一种增强压力的心态可能会缓冲创伤的负面心理影响.
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