COVID-19焦虑对非裔美国年轻成年人强迫症症状的影响
Henry A Willis1, Marissa Williams1, Yennefer Ayala1
1University of Maryland, College Park, Department of Psychology, United States of America.
Journal of affective disorders
|March 11, 2026
概括
在黑人/非洲裔美国年轻人中,COVID-19焦虑 (COV-A) 显著增加了强迫症 (OC) 症状. 这种联系的部分原因是心理不灵活性 (PI),突出了对文化敏感干预的需要.
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:
- 黑人/非洲裔美国年轻人面临着严重的流行病负担.
- 这些负担可能在这个人口群体中加剧了强迫症 (OC) 症状.
- 了解将流行病压力与OC症状联系在一起的心理机制至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在黑人/非洲裔美国年轻人中调查COVID-19焦虑 (COV-A) 和OC症状之间的直接和间接关系.
- 检查心理不灵活性 (PI) 在这种关系中的调解作用.
- 为这群人提供文化敏感的心理健康干预措施.
主要方法:
- 一个656名黑人/非洲裔美国年轻成年人 (年龄约24岁) 的全国样本完成了COV-A,PI和OC症状的验证尺度.
- 使用路径分析来评估直接和间接影响,控制人口因素.
- 间接效应是使用引导方式统计评估的.
主要成果:
- 较高的COV-A与OC症状的增加直接相关.
- COV-A还预测了更大的PI,这反过来预测了更高的OC症状.
- 通过PI观察到COV-A对OC症状的显著间接影响,解释了40%的差异.
结论:
- 与流行病相关的焦虑 (COV-A) 是黑人/非裔美国年轻人的OC症状的重要风险因素,部分由PI调解.
- 这些发现强调了在评估和治疗该组OC症状时需要考虑流行病压力因素的必要性.
- 建议采取文化适应的干预措施,重点是提高心理灵活性 (PF) 和解决社会文化压力因素.
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