ArticleJournal of affective disorders2022
One-year into COVID-19 pandemic: Decision-making and mental-health outcomes and their risk factors.
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- Comparison of bullying victimization and depression symptoms among Chinese adolescents before and after the end of the dynamic zero-COVID-19 policy: a repeated cross-sectional study.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Reduced risk tolerance and cortical excitability following COVID-19 infection.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2024Article
- Household preparedness for emergencies during COVID-19 pandemic among the general population of Nepal.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Loneliness in University Students during Two Transitions: A Mixed Methods Approach Including Biographical Mapping.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- A mini-review on how the COVID-19 pandemic affected intertemporal choice.Psychoradiology · 2023Review
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- Emotional responses to COVID-19 stressors increase information avoidance about an important unrelated health threat.PloS one · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic represents an unprecedented worldwide crisis with serious socioeconomic, physical and mental health consequences. However, its long-lasting effects on both mental health and decision-making difficulties remain unexplored. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and severity of psychological disorders in Italy's populace one-year after the outbreak; further, we investigated potential risks impacting mental health and decision-making.
methodsIn March 2021, 586 individuals (18-73 years) completed an online-survey plus a computerized delay discounting task for hypothetical money rewards.
resultsPsychological symptoms prevalence exceeded the Italy's lockdown rates, with about one-third reporting moderate-to-extremely severe depression, another third anxiety, and the rest stress; mirrored by an increase of symptoms at clinically significant severity levels. One year into the pandemic, half of our sample presented at least one psychological problem, and one-third was at risk of developing a more clinically severe psychological outcome. Fear of job loss, loneliness and intolerance of uncertainty were among the major risk factors to mental health. Plus, social-relationships and financial uncertainty were key determinants of depression, while fear of COVID-19 infection predicted anxiety symptoms. For decision-making tendencies, elevated delay discounting rates, implying less future-oriented behaviors, were mostly predicted by increased job loss fear and older age (>35 years). LIMITATIONS: This study provides cross-sectional evidence.
conclusionsDepression, anxiety and stress levels were still alarming one-year into COVID-19. Individuals experiencing financial insecurity, loneliness and intolerance of uncertainty perhaps benefit most from early interventions. Governments need to implement timely recovery plans to reduce financial insecurity, given its significant mental health impact and decision-making outcomes.
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