Anticipatory stress, state policy contexts, and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT: Substantial economic disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic upended daily life and contributed to a widespread symptom of psychological distress during this period. Disruptions also led to more concerns about future stressful events related to financial hardship, or economic-related anticipatory stress, with the potential to undermine mental health. Although prior research provides ample evidence that state policies can impact mental and physical health, it has not considered how state policy contexts reduce adverse psychological outcomes stemming from economic-related anticipatory stress. The present study uses national survey data from the Census Bureau's Household Pulse Survey (April 2020-October 2020) to examine the extent to which state policy contexts moderate the association betwe

SUBMITTER: Farina MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10129343 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature