ArticleJournal of anxiety disorders2020
COVID-19 and traumatic stress: The role of perceived vulnerability, COVID-19-related worries, and social isolation.
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- The perception of Covid-19 amongst vulnerable subgroups of the general population in Italy: insights from the qualitative study of the MOST project.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Assessing COVID-19-Related Psychological Distress: Validation of the AMICO Scale in Spanish Nursing University Students.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- The Silver Lining of Posttraumatic Growth around the Dark Side of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A School-Based Intervention with Mindfulness and Character Strengths Practices among Children.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Non-suicidal self-injury in the COVID-19 pandemic: results from cross-sectional surveys among Brazilian adults from 2020 to 2023.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Fear of COVID-19, traumatic growth, and traumatic stress symptoms: the mediating role of basic psychological needs.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
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- Comparing the effects of reduced social contact on psychosocial wellbeing before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal survey from two Norwegian counties.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2023Article
- The Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic Emergency on Alcohol Use: A Focus on a Cohort of Sicilian Workers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- The Resilience of South African School Teachers in the Time of COVID-19: Coping with Risk of Infection, Loneliness, and Anxiety.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Time to Lift up COVID-19 Restrictions? Public Support towards Living with the Virus Policy and Associated Factors among Hong Kong General Public.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Insights from China: understanding the impact of community resilience and government trust in psychological resilience and anxiety during COVID-19.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- The psychometric properties and gender invariance of the Italian version of the Perceived Vulnerability to Disease Questionnaire (I-PVDQ) during the COVID-19 pandemic.BMC psychology · 2022Article
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Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to propose and test two models to understand the relationship between perceived vulnerability to COVID-19 (PVC) and COVID-19-related traumatic stress (TS), as well as the variables that may mediate and moderate this relationship among individuals who have not yet been infected with COVID-19. Using an online survey, data were collected between late March and early April 2020. Participants were recruited through Amazon Mechanical Turk and included 747 adults living in the United States. Supporting our hypotheses, results indicated that both COVID-19-related worries and social isolation were significant mediators of the relationship between PVC and TS (Model 1). In addition, the results of a moderated mediation analysis indicated that the indirect effect of PVC on TS through COVID-19-related worries was stronger for participants who reported greater social isolation (Model 2). Although future research is needed, these findings suggest that both social isolation and disease-related worries may be important variables that can be targeted in interventions to reduce pandemic-related TS.
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