Disciplines
Psychology
Abstract
Research shows that the COVID Stress Scales have a robust multifactorial structure, representing five correlated facets of COVID‐19‐related distress: (a) Fear of the dangerousness of COVID‐19, which includes fear of coming into contact with fomites potentially contaminated with SARSCoV2, (b) worry about socioeconomic costs of COVID‐19 (e.g., worry about personal finances and disruption in the supply chain), (c) xenophobic fears that foreigners are spreading SARSCoV2, (d) traumatic stress symptoms associated with direct or vicarious traumatic exposure to COVID‐19 (nightmares, intrusive thoughts, or images related to COVID‐19), and (e) COVID‐19‐related compulsive checking and reassurance seeking. These factors cohere to form a COVID stress syndrome, which we sought to further delineate in the present study.
Recommended Citation
Taylor, S, Landry, CA, Paluszek, MM, Fergus, TA, McKay, D, Asmundson, GJG. COVID stress syndrome: Concept, structure, and correlates. Depression and Anxiety. 2020; 1– 9. https://doi.org/10.1002/da.23071
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COVID stress syndrome: Concept, structure, and correlates by Taylor, S., Landry, C.A., Paluszek, M.M., Fergus, T.A., McKay, D., & Asmundson, G.J.G. licensed under a Creative Commons License: CC BY 4.0.
