Social connectedness and resilience post COVID-19 pandemic

The present study investigated psychosocial predictors of psychosis-risk, depression, anxiety, and stress in Croatia two years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Given the existing transgenerational war trauma and associated psychiatric consequences in Croatian population, a significant pande...

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Autores: Gizdic, Alena|||0000-0002-0901-7226, Baxter, Tatiana, Barrantes Vidal, Neus|||0000-0002-8671-1238, Park, Sohee
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:275128
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/275128
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1016/j.psycom.2023.100126
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Post COVID-19
Social connectedness
Resilience
Trauma
Psychosis
Mental health
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spelling Social connectedness and resilience post COVID-19 pandemicBuffering against trauma, stress, and psychosisGizdic, Alena|||0000-0002-0901-7226Baxter, TatianaBarrantes Vidal, Neus|||0000-0002-8671-1238Park, SoheePost COVID-19Social connectednessResilienceTraumaPsychosisMental healthThe present study investigated psychosocial predictors of psychosis-risk, depression, anxiety, and stress in Croatia two years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Given the existing transgenerational war trauma and associated psychiatric consequences in Croatian population, a significant pandemic-related deterioration of mental health was expected. Recent studies suggest that after an initial increase in psychiatric disorders during the pandemic in Croatia, depression, stress, and anxiety rapidly declined. These findings highlight the role of social connectedness and resilience in the face of the global pandemic. We examined resilience and psychiatric disorder risk in 377 Croatian adults using an anonymous online mental health survey. Results indicate that there was an exacerbation of all mental ill health variables, including depression, anxiety, stress, and a doubled risk for psychosis outcome post-COVID pandemic. Stress decreased levels of resilience, however, those exposed to previous traumatic experience and greater social connectedness had higher resilience levels. These findings suggest that individual differences in underlying stress sensitization of Croatian population due to past trauma may continue to influence mental health consequences two years after COVID-19 pandemic. It is essential to promote the importance of social connectedness and resilience in preventing the development of variety of mental health disorders. 22023-01-0120232023-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/275128https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1016/j.psycom.2023.100126reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, fins i tot amb finalitats comercials, sempre i quan es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:2751282026-06-06T12:50:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Social connectedness and resilience post COVID-19 pandemic
Buffering against trauma, stress, and psychosis
title Social connectedness and resilience post COVID-19 pandemic
spellingShingle Social connectedness and resilience post COVID-19 pandemic
Gizdic, Alena|||0000-0002-0901-7226
Post COVID-19
Social connectedness
Resilience
Trauma
Psychosis
Mental health
title_short Social connectedness and resilience post COVID-19 pandemic
title_full Social connectedness and resilience post COVID-19 pandemic
title_fullStr Social connectedness and resilience post COVID-19 pandemic
title_full_unstemmed Social connectedness and resilience post COVID-19 pandemic
title_sort Social connectedness and resilience post COVID-19 pandemic
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Gizdic, Alena|||0000-0002-0901-7226
Baxter, Tatiana
Barrantes Vidal, Neus|||0000-0002-8671-1238
Park, Sohee
author Gizdic, Alena|||0000-0002-0901-7226
author_facet Gizdic, Alena|||0000-0002-0901-7226
Baxter, Tatiana
Barrantes Vidal, Neus|||0000-0002-8671-1238
Park, Sohee
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Barrantes Vidal, Neus|||0000-0002-8671-1238
Park, Sohee
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Post COVID-19
Social connectedness
Resilience
Trauma
Psychosis
Mental health
topic Post COVID-19
Social connectedness
Resilience
Trauma
Psychosis
Mental health
description The present study investigated psychosocial predictors of psychosis-risk, depression, anxiety, and stress in Croatia two years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Given the existing transgenerational war trauma and associated psychiatric consequences in Croatian population, a significant pandemic-related deterioration of mental health was expected. Recent studies suggest that after an initial increase in psychiatric disorders during the pandemic in Croatia, depression, stress, and anxiety rapidly declined. These findings highlight the role of social connectedness and resilience in the face of the global pandemic. We examined resilience and psychiatric disorder risk in 377 Croatian adults using an anonymous online mental health survey. Results indicate that there was an exacerbation of all mental ill health variables, including depression, anxiety, stress, and a doubled risk for psychosis outcome post-COVID pandemic. Stress decreased levels of resilience, however, those exposed to previous traumatic experience and greater social connectedness had higher resilience levels. These findings suggest that individual differences in underlying stress sensitization of Croatian population due to past trauma may continue to influence mental health consequences two years after COVID-19 pandemic. It is essential to promote the importance of social connectedness and resilience in preventing the development of variety of mental health disorders.
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