研究认知和行为之间的互惠关系,以适应大规模灾害
Tiffany Junchen Tao1, Tsz Wai Li1, Li Liang1,2
1Centre for Psychosocial Health, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Npj mental health research
|April 12, 2024
概括
在灾难期间,保持日常生活对心理健康至关重要. 行为障碍对认知适应有负面影响,并增加抑郁和焦虑的风险.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 灾难心理健康 灾难心理健康
背景情况:
- 认知和行为是相互关联的,并影响心理健康,特别是在像COVID-19这样的大规模灾害期间.
- 了解这些动态对于制定有效的心理健康支持策略至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在COVID-19大流行期间调查香港居民的行为功能和认知适应之间的相互关系.
- 检查日常生活中断和认知适应对可能的抑郁和焦虑的影响.
主要方法:
- 一项为期六个月的队列研究,涉及906名香港居民的人口代表样本.
- 数据收集在两个时间点 (T1:2021年3月至8月,T2:2021年9月至2022年2月).
- 使用交叉滞后小组分析来评估时间关系.
主要成果:
- 在T1表现的不良行为功能 (较高的日常生活中断) 与T2表现的认知适应 (自我效能,创造意义) 相反相关.
- T1例行中断,但不是认知适应,积极预测T2可能的抑郁/焦虑.
- 在T2的认知适应不佳调解了T1常规中断和T2可能的障碍之间的关系.
结论:
- 在灾难期间维护日常行为功能似乎比积极的认知状态对心理健康更为关键.
- 旨在维持正常日常生活的干预措施可能对减轻受灾人口的心理健康问题至关重要.
- 未来的研究应该探索针对日常维护的干预措施的有效性.
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