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ArticleCurrent psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.)2022

Comparison between emerging adults and adults in terms of contamination fear, post-COVID-19 PTSD and psychiatric comorbidity.

Man Cheung Chung, Yabing Wang, Xili Wu, Na Wang, Fangsong Liu, Zilan Ye, Ting Peng

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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. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7 authors.

Man Cheung ChungZayed University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Yabing WangCenter for Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3336-6407
Xili WuSchool of Foreign Languages, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.
Na WangSchool of Foreign Languages, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Fangsong LiuSchool of Psychology, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, China.
Zilan YeSchool of Humanities and Management, Guangdong Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Ting PengShunde Wu Zhong Pei Hospital, Guangzhou, China.

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Abstract

The present study compared Chinese emerging adults and adults regarding the association between contamination fear, posttraumatic stress disorder post-COVID-19 and psychiatric comorbidity after controlling for demographic and trauma exposure variables. 1089 Chinese civilians (M = 382; F = 707) with a mean age of 26 years (M = 26.36, SD = 8.58) were recruited from different provinces in China via an online survey posted on mainstream Chinese social networking platforms. They completed a demographic page with questions on trauma exposure, the Vancouver Obsessional Compulsive Inventory, the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for DSM-5 and the General Health Questionnaire-28. Results showed that 12.7%, 68.7% and 18.6% met criteria for full, partial and no PTSD, respectively. Emerging adults reported significantly lower levels of symptoms of re-experiencing, avoidance, somatic problems, anxiety and fear of contamination than adults. In both emerging adults and adults, contamination fear was correlated with PTSD and psychiatric comorbidity. High educational attainment was significantly correlated with psychiatric comorbidity in emerging adults, but with PTSD in adults. Length of quarantine was correlated with psychiatric comorbidity only in adults. In conclusion, both emerging adults and adults developed varying levels of contamination fear, posttraumatic stress and general psychological symptoms following the outbreak of COVID-19. Emerging adults were more resilient than adults in coping with distress.

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Contamination fearCOVID-19Emerging adultsPTSD

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PMID36124044
PMCPMC9476456

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