ReviewFrontiers in psychiatry2024
The association between the sense of control and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Review in Frontiers in psychiatry, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- School Identification Alleviates Depressive Mood Among Chinese College Students: The Chain Mediating Role of Social Exclusion and Sense of Control.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- A Nation Veering off Course: Implications for Efficacy and Well-Being.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Who's at risk for emergent depression years later? Predictive modeling in a nine-year longitudinal cohort.BMC psychiatry · 2026Article
- The role of sense of control and locus of control in depressive and anxious symptoms during COVID-19: an integrative review.Psicologia, reflexao e critica : revista semestral do Departamento de Psicologia da UFRGS · 2026Review
- Exploring Serious Games in Supporting Postnatal Depression: Narrative Review.Interactive journal of medical research · 2026Review
- Psychosocial correlates of well-being among retired academics at Ghanaian Universities.Health psychology and behavioral medicine · 2026Article
- Associations between hopelessness, negative thinking styles, and depression in Chinese adolescents: a large-sample cross-sectional study.BMC psychology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Introduction: High levels of depression and low sense of control have been reported during the COVID-19 pandemic. The removal of typical freedoms through public health restrictions may have played an important role. The aim of this review was to examine data collected during the pandemic and (1) estimate the strength of the association between sense of control and depression, (2) examine whether the different types of control measures affected the strength of the association, and (3) whether this changed as a function of pandemic indicators. Methods: We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies published in English between December 2019 and November 2022. A total of 993 articles were identified, of which 20 were included in the review and 16 in the meta-analysis after conducting a quality assessment using the standard NIH tool. Results: The control-depression association gave a bias-independent pooled effect size of Discussion: These findings emphasize that external factors are important to the sense of control and the importance of preserving the sense of control in situations where the removal of personal freedoms is necessary, such as public health emergencies.
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