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ArticleOhio journal of public health2025

Resilience and Mental Health in Southwest Ohio During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Emmanuel-Sathya Gray, Bridget Murphy, Stacey M Gomes, Constance A Mara, Melinda Butsch Kovacic, Sharon M Watkins, Anna M Hood, Monica J Mitchell, Lori E Crosby

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Article in Ohio journal of public health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Emmanuel-Sathya GrayDepartment of Psychology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Bridget MurphyDivision of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Stacey M GomesDivision of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Constance A MaraDivision of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Melinda Butsch KovacicUniversity of Cincinnati Cancer Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Sharon M WatkinsCincinnati-Hamilton County Community Action Agency, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Anna M HoodDivision of Psychology and Mental Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Monica J MitchellDepartment of Psychology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Lori E CrosbyDivision of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

Funding

LCenter for Clinical and Translational Science and TrainingUL1TR001425 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI · PI MEINZEN-DERR, JAREEN, STRAWN, JEFFREY ROBERT · 2015 to 2024
$37.5M
Center for Clinical and Translational Science and TrainingUM1TR005265 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI · PI Jareen Meinzen-Derr, Jeffrey Robert Strawn · 2025 to 2026
$10.6M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001425NCATS NIH HHS UM1 TR005265
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: During COVID-19, anxiety and depression rates spiked across the US and continued to climb after August 2020. Research from the early months of COVID-19 suggests that resilience and meaning and purpose were associated with positive mental health outcomes in this context. Little is understood about how this association persists after 5+ months of ongoing disaster exposure, as was the case for COVID-19. The goal was to examine this relationship in adults in Southwest Ohio. Methods: Resilience, meaning-and-purpose, anxiety and depression symptom surveys were completed electronically between August 1 and November 30, 2020. Regression analyses examined relationships between these factors and sociodemographic variables. Results: Participants ( Conclusions: Our study found associations between anxiety and depression symptoms and both meaning-and-purpose and resilience. The moderated relationship between resilience and anxiety symptoms supports the importance of assessing mental health status, particularly during public health emergencies. Regardless of mental health status, higher meaning-and-purpose was associated with lower anxiety and depression. Additional research is needed to better understand the role of meaning-and-purpose and resilience during future public health challenges.

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Brief Resilience ScaleCOVID-19DisasterMeaning and Purposemental health

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PMID41853123
PMCPMC12995372

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