在意大利COVID-19大流行期间的不确定性,alexithymia,压制和脆弱性
Emanuele Maria Merlo1, Federica Sicari1, Fabio Frisone1
1University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
Health psychology report
|December 12, 2023
概括
COVID-19 流行病增加了精神病理变异,不确定性和alexithymia 是关键预测因素. 锁定期间抑制令人不安的想法对适应产生了负面影响,突出了针对性干预的必要性.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 心理健康 心理健康
背景情况:
- 随着COVID-19的流行,医疗保健系统受到广泛的压力,并对人口水平产生了重大影响.
- 在这个全球卫生危机期间了解心理病理变异至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在早期的COVID-19封锁期间调查不确定性,alexithymia和精神病理变异之间的关系.
- 探索应对机制,特别是抑制令人不安的内容及其适应性影响.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及355名成年人 (女性70.3%,M年龄=36.51) 在封锁的最初10天期间的横截面研究.
- 使用IUS-12,TAS-20,PVDQ-15和SMQ分别评估不确定性,alexithymia,污染恐惧和抑制.
- 采用描述性统计,相关性和线性回归分析来识别显著关系.
主要成果:
- 不确定性和alexithymia是精神病理学的重要预测因素.
- 有意识地抑制令人不安的内容作为一种防御机制,但却对适应产生了负面影响.
- 调查结果揭示了人口应对流行病引起的焦虑和不确定性的趋势.
结论:
- COVID-19 疫情对人口心理健康产生了明显的影响.
- 分析不确定性,alexithymia和污染恐惧揭示了压制令人痛苦的内容的动态.
- 这些发现为在危机期间开发有效的心理健康干预提供了关键的见解.
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