ArticleCurrent psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.)2022
Uncertainty and psychological distress during COVID-19: What about protective factors?
Article in Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06048068 (Removing Surrogates' Uncertainty to Reduce Fear and Anxiety After Cardiac Events), which is not on this map. Cited by 16 papers.
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Removing Surrogates' Uncertainty to Reduce Fear and Anxiety After Cardiac Events (RESURFACE): A Randomized Pilot Intervention Study
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Protective factors for maternal mental health and life satisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal analysis.BMJ open · 2026Article
- Intolerance of uncertainty, psychopathology, and emerging adult sibling relationships.Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) · 2026Article
- Psychological uncertainty in human experience and behavior: a systematic review on measurements, induction, and effects.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Review
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- Long-term psychological effects of COVID-19-related quarantine: an observational study of three cohorts in Norway and Iceland.BMC medicine · 2025Observational
- Impact of Perceived Unfairness, Uncertainty, and Life Stress on Urban Residents' Health in China: Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2025Article
- Early cognitive and psychological symptoms in cardiac arrest survivors and mental health outcomes among relatives: findings from the REVIVAL cohort.Resuscitation plus · 2025Article
- Unexpected effects of pandemic-related changes on mental health: Evidence from a nationwide survey in South Korea.PloS one · 2025Article
- Psychological and behavioral dimensions in cardiac arrest survivors and their families: A state-of-the-art review.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2025Review
- The Russian subjective and objective uncertainty stress (SOUS-14) scale: factor validity, internal reliability, and measurement invariance in university student sample.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- The Road to Recovery: A Two-Year Longitudinal Analysis of Mental Health Among University Students During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Intersectionality and COVID-19: Academic Medicine Faculty's Lived Experiences of Well-Being, Workload, and Productivity During the Pandemic.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2023Article
- Measuring COVID-19 related stress and its associated factors among the parents of school-aged children during the first lockdown in France.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Economic uncertainty and population health: insights from emerging markets and developing countries.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
The present study examined the relationship between perceived uncertainty and depression/ anxiety symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic and it tested the moderating roles of resilience and perceived social support in this relationship. A cross-sectional study was conducted between March 31st and May 15th, 2020, using an online, multi-language, international survey built within Qualtrics. We collected data on sociodemographic features, perceived uncertainty, perceived social support, depression and anxiety symptoms, and resilience. A moderation model was tested using model 2 of Hayes' PROCESS macro for SPSS. The study included 3786 respondents from 94 different countries, 47.7% of whom reported residence in the United States of America. Results demonstrated that higher perceived uncertainty was associated with more symptoms of depression and anxiety. Higher resilience levels and higher perceived social support were associated with fewer depression and anxiety symptoms. The moderation hypotheses were supported; the relationship between uncertainty and symptoms of depression and anxiety decreased as levels of resilience increased and as perceived social support increased. The results suggest that resilience and social support could be helpful targets to reduce the negative effects of uncertainty on depression and anxiety symptoms. Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12144-022-03244-2.
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