Trauma and Mental Health during the Global Pandemic

Autor(en)

Annett Lotzin, Elena Acquarini, Marina Ajdukovic, Vittoria Ardino, Filip Arnberg, Helena Bakic, Maria Boettche, Maria Bragesjoe, Malgorzata Dragan, Margarida Figueiredo-Braga, Odeta Gelezelyte, Piotr Grajewski, Xenia Hadjicharalambous, Jana Darejan Javakhishvili, Evaldas Kazlauskas, Chrysanthi Lioupi, Brigitte Lueger-Schuster, Nino Makhashvili, Trudy Mooren, Luisa Sales, Irina Zrnic, Ingo Schaefer

Abstrakt

Background: This presentation will provide an overview of the ESTSS COVID-19 cohort study that examines relationships between COVID-related stressors, risk and resilience factors, and symptoms of adjustment disorder during the current pandemic. Objective: The first cross-sectional results of the study will be presented. Method: This longitudinal study is conducted in eleven countries (Austria, Croatia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, and Sweden). Participants aged at least 18 years were included in this study and are assessed at two-time points, with a six-month interval using an online survey. A COVID-19 conceptual framework of mental health based on the WHO’s framework of health was used to select stressors, risk, and resilience factors that might be related to symptoms of adjustment disorder (ADNM-8), or posttraumatic stress disorder (PC-PTSD-5), respectively. Risk or resilience factors (e.g., age, gender, income, work situation, health condition) are assessed by self-constructed items. Stressors (e.g., crisis communication, fear of contracting COVID-19, restricted physical contact) are measured by four-point rating scales (0 = not at all burdened to 3 = strongly burdened). Results: N = 15,564 participants were included in the study. A preliminary cross-sectional regression analysis indicated that risk and resilience factors, such as income, a diagnosis of a mental disorder, and a poor health condition, showed small to moderate associations with symptoms of adjustment disorder. Stressors that are unique to the pandemic, such as poor crisis communication, restricted physical contact, and work-related problems, were also related to symptoms of adjustment disorder. Conclusions: Recommendations to promote mental health during the current COVID-19 pandemic will be discussed.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Klinische und Gesundheitspsychologie

Externe Organisation(en)

Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", University of Zagreb, Uppsala University, Freie Universität Berlin (FU), Karolinska Institute, University of Economics and Human Sciences in Warsaw, Universidade do Porto, Universidade de Coimbra, University of Cyprus, Ilia State University, Utrecht University, Vilnius University (VU)

Journal

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

Band

12

Seiten

1-2

Anzahl der Seiten

2

ISSN

2000-8198

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2021.1940588

Publikationsdatum

06-2021

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

501010 Klinische Psychologie

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Psychiatry and Mental health

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/9a19b66e-a8d8-4b0e-833c-8b9f93dda514