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ArticlePsychology (Irvine, Calif.)2022

Predictors of Mental Health among the General Population of U.S. Adults Eight Months into the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Elizabeth Flanagan Balawajder, Bruce G Taylor, Phoebe A Lamuda, Kai MacLean, Harold A Pollack, John A Schneider

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Article in Psychology (Irvine, Calif.), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Elizabeth Flanagan BalawajderPublic Health Department, NORC at the University of Chicago, Chicago, USA.
Bruce G TaylorPublic Health Department, NORC at the University of Chicago, Chicago, USA.
Phoebe A LamudaPublic Health Department, NORC at the University of Chicago, Chicago, USA.
Kai MacLeanPublic Health Department, NORC at the University of Chicago, Chicago, USA.
Harold A PollackCrown Family School of Social Work, Policy and Practice, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA.
John A SchneiderDepartment of Medicine and Public Health Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA.
University of Chicago · USChicago Department of Public Health · US

Funding

Survey CoreU2CDA050098 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI POLLACK, HAROLD ALEXANDER, SCHNEIDER, JOHN · 2019 to 2019
$17.2M
NIDA NIH HHS U2C DA050098
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has had profound impacts on mental health. We examined whether mental health differed based on sociodemographic and background characteristics, political party affiliation, and concerns about COVID-19. Methods: A cross-sectional, national sample of 1095 U.S. adults were surveyed October 22-26, 2020. The survey collected information on demographics, risk and protective behaviors for COVID-19, and mental health using the Mental Health Inventory-5 (MHI-5) scale. Independent samples t-tests, one-way Analysis of Variance tests, and a multivariable linear regression model were conducted. Results: Regression results showed respondents with criminal justice (B = -6.56, 95% CI = -10.05, -3.06) or opioid misuse (B = -9.98, 95% CI = -14.74, -5.23) histories reported poorer mental health than those without. Those who took protective behaviors (e.g., wearing masks) reported poorer mental health compared to those who indicated protective behaviors were unnecessary (B = 7.00, 95% CI = 1.61, 12.38) while those who took at least one risk behavior (e.g., eating in a restaurant) reported better mental health than those who did not. Conclusions: Our study shows that certain groups have experienced poorer mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic, suggesting that mental health should continue to be monitored so that public health interventions and messaging help prevent the spread of COVID-19 without increasing poor mental health outcomes.

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COVID-19Mental HealthMHI-5

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PMID35872973
PMCPMC9306300
OpenAlexW4226341239

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