The mediation effects of coping style on the relationship between social support and anxiety in Chinese medical staff during COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 has been a pandemic around the world, which affirmatively brought mental health problems to medical staff. We aimed to investigate the prevalence of anxiety in Chinese medical staff and examine the mediation effects of coping styles on the relationship between social support and anxiety.

Methods

A cross-sectional study via internet survey was conducted from 15 March to 30 March, 2020. The social demographic data, Self-rated Anxiety Scale, Social Support Rate Scale and Trait Coping Style Scale were collected. Pearson correlation and a structural equation model were performed to examine the relationships of these variables. The bootstrap analysis was conducted to evaluate the mediation effects.

Results

A total of 453 medical staff participated in

SUBMITTER: Zhu W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7609823 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature