1. Associations of risk perception of COVID-19 with emotion and mental health during the pandemic
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Qing, Han, Bang, Zheng, Maximilian, Agostini, Bélanger, Jocelyn J., Ben, Gützkow, Jannis, Kreienkamp, Anne Margit Reitsema, van Breen, Jolien A., Georgios, Abakoumkin, Jamilah Hanum Abdul Khaiyom, Vjollca, Ahmedi, Handan, Akkas, Almenara, Carlos A., Anton, Kurapov, Mohsin, Atta, Sabahat Cigdem Bagci, Daniel, Balliet, Sima, Basel, Edona Berisha Kida, Buttrick, Nicholas R., Phatthanakit, Chobthamkit, Hoon-Seok, Choi, Mioara, Cristea, Sára, Csaba, Kaja, Damnjanovic, Ivan, Danyliuk, Arobindu, Dash, DI SANTO, Daniela, Douglas, Karen M., Violeta, Enea, Daiane Gracieli Faller, Gavan, Fitzsimons, Alexandra, Gheorghiu, Ángel, Gómez, Mai, Helmy, Joevarian, Hudiyana, Jeronimus, Bertus F., Ding-Yu, Jiang, Shuxian, Jin, Veljko, Jovanović, Željka, Kamenov, Anna, Kende, Shian-Ling, Keng, Tra Thi Thanh Kieu, Yasin, Koc, Kamila, Kovyazina, Inna, Kozytska, Joshua, Krause, Kruglanski, Arie W., Maja, Kutlaca, Nóra Anna Lantos, Lemay, Edward P., Cokorda Bagus Jaya Lesmana, Louis, Winnifred R., Adrian, Lueders, Najma, Malik, Anton, Martinez, Mccabe, Kira O., Jasmina, Mehulić, Mirra Noor Milla, Idris, Mohammed, Erica, Molinario, Manuel, Moyano, Hayat, Muhammad, Silvana, Mula, Hamdi, Muluk, Solomiia, Myroniuk, Reza, Najafi, Nisa, Claudia F., Boglárka, Nyúl, O'Keefe, Paul A., Jose Javier Olivas Osuna, Osin, Evgeny N., Joonha, Park, Gennaro, Pica, Antonio, Pierro, Jonas, Rees, Elena, Resta, Angelo, Romano, Marika, Rullo, Ryan, Michelle K., Adil, Samekin, Pekka, Santtila, Edyta, Sasin, Birga Mareen Schumpe, Heyla, A Selim, Giuliana, Spadaro, Michael Vicente Stanton, Wolfgang, Stroebe, Samiah, Sultana, Sutton, Robbie M., Eleftheria, Tseliou, Akira, Utsugi, van Lissa, Caspar J., Kees Van Veen, Vandellen, Michelle R., Alexandra, Vázquez, Robin, Wollast, Victoria Wai-lan Yeung, Somayeh, Zand, Iris Lav Žeželj, Andreas, Zick, Claudia, Zúñiga, Pontus, Leander., Sociale Psychologie (Psychologie, FMG), Psychology Other Research (FMG), Social Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Organizational Psychology, and Research programme GEM
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Highlights • Risk perception of COVID-19 was associated with more negative/less positive emotions. • Risk perception of COVID-19 was inversely associated with subsequent mental health. • The association between risk perception and mental health was mediated by emotions. • Specification curve analysis was used to avoid subjective analytical decisions., Background Although there are increasing concerns on mental health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, no large-scale population-based studies have examined the associations of risk perception of COVID-19 with emotion and subsequent mental health. Methods : This study analysed cross-sectional and longitudinal data from the PsyCorona Survey that included 54,845 participants from 112 countries, of which 23,278 participants are representative samples of 24 countries in terms of gender and age. Specification curve analysis (SCA) was used to examine associations of risk perception of COVID-19 with emotion and self-rated mental health. This robust method considers all reasonable model specifications to avoid subjective analytical decisions while accounting for multiple testing. Results : All 162 multilevel linear regressions in the SCA indicated that higher risk perception of COVID-19 was significantly associated with less positive or more negative emotions (median standardised β=-0.171, median SE=0.004, P0.05). Limitations Reliance on self-reported data. Conclusions : Risk perception of COVID-19 was associated with emotion and ultimately mental health. Interventions on reducing excessive risk perception and managing emotional distress could promote mental health.
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- 2021