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Through the Second Wave: Analysis of the Psychological and Perceptive Changes in the Italian Population during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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International journal of environmental research and public health [Int J Environ Res Public Health] 2022 Jan 31; Vol. 19 (3). Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jan 31. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- More than a year has passed since "patient 0" was found and COVID-19 is now an established reality that a lot of people have had to accept and coexist with. In Italy, the pandemic hit in "waves", but the studies assessing the longitudinal impact of the pandemic in the general population are not many. In this paper, we compared data collected during the first wave with data gathered during the second one, so that we can provide insights about the Italian population's psychological adaptation to the pandemic also by comparing them with pre-pandemic normative scores. From our results, it seemed that people were seeking a compromise: indeed, despite the still-relevant risk perception, people apparently "learned" how to deal with the pandemic as indicated by an increase in self-efficacy and a more internal locus of control.
- Subjects :
- Humans
Italy epidemiology
SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19
Pandemics
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1660-4601
- Volume :
- 19
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- International journal of environmental research and public health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 35162658
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031635