2021年美国年轻人的日常与社交距离相关
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
概括
在COVID-19期间,年轻人始终保持社会距离. 越来越多的隔离与减少酒精使用,更高的孤独感和更多的疾病症状相关,显示出一些公共卫生指南的遵守.
科学领域:
- 心理学
- 公共卫生
- 社会学
背景情况:
- 由于COVID-19大流行,需要采取广泛的社交距离措施.
- 了解社交距离与日常生活之间的相互作用对于公共健康至关重要.
- 年轻人遵守和回应社会距离的要求进行调查.
研究的目的:
- 检查年轻人的社交距离和日常波动变量之间的关系.
- 评估情绪,孤独,药物使用和疾病症状与社交距离行为之间的关系.
- 根据日常症状或情绪来确定年轻人是否调整了社交距离.
主要方法:
- 一个美国全国代表的样本772年轻人以前使用酒精.
- 在2021年春天的14天内进行每日评估.
- 测量社会距离,情绪,孤独,物质使用和疾病症状.
主要成果:
- 在个人中,社会距离水平通常是一致的.
- 较高的社会距离与较低的酒精消费和更高的孤独感有关.
- 社交距离的增加与感冒/流感症状的增加,积极情绪的降低和酒精消费的减少有关.
- 在感冒/流感症状较高的日子里,年轻人稍微增加了社交距离.
结论:
- 个人对社交距离的坚持是稳定的,并没有受到日常孤独的影响.
- 年轻人表现出一些适应性社交距离,以应对疾病症状.
- 调查结果为公共卫生战略提供了有关卫生危机期间遵守和福祉的信息.
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