经历了不良童年经历的成年人报告了更大的冠状病毒焦虑
Vrinda Kalia1, Katherine Knauft2
1Department of Psychology, Miami University, Ohio, United States of America.
PloS one
|October 21, 2025
概括
早期生活中的逆境增加了COVID-19大流行期间的焦虑,通过增加感知到的威胁和减少认知灵活性. 了解这些因素对于弱势群体的心理健康支持至关重要.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 心理健康 心理健康
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 生命早期的逆境 (ELA) 与增加的威胁反应和对焦虑障碍的脆弱性有关.
- COVID-19大流行对患有ELA的成年人的影响仍未得到充分研究.
- 冠状病毒焦虑,与流行病相关的功能障碍认知,与负面的心理健康结果有关.
研究的目的:
- 为了检查ELA,感知COVID-19威胁和冠状病毒焦虑之间的关系.
- 研究这种关系中感知到的威胁和认知灵活性的调解作用.
主要方法:
- 在线招聘975名美国成年人 (18-78岁).
- 评估ELA (虐待,家庭功能障碍) 使用不良童年经历尺度.
- 测量状态焦虑,冠状病毒焦虑,感知COVID-19威胁和认知灵活性.
主要成果:
- 埃拉预测COVID-19的感知威胁增加,导致更高的冠状病毒焦虑和状态焦虑.
- 认知灵活性调解了ELA和焦虑之间的关系;减少灵活性与ELA有关.
- 评估挑战是可以控制的 (认知灵活性的一个方面) 预测了更低的焦虑水平.
结论:
- 在大流行期间,患有ELA的成年人经历了增加的焦虑,这证实了先前的研究.
- 威胁评估是这种人群中焦虑发展的关键机制.
- 这项研究有助于了解COVID-19大流行对患有ELA的成年人的影响.
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