Association between mental health and community support in lockdown communities during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from rural China.

ABSTRACT: Governments worldwide have taken unprecedented social distancing and community lockdown measures to halt the COVID-19 epidemic, leaving millions of people restrained in locked-down communities and their mental well-being at risk. This study examines Chinese rural residents' mental health risk under emergency lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic. It investigates how the environmental, socioeconomic, and behavioral dimensions of community support affect mental health in this emergency context. We also explore whether community support's effectiveness depends on the strictness of lockdown measures implemented and the level of individual perceived COVID-19 infection risk. We collect self-reported mental health risk, community support, and demographics information through a cross-sectional sur

SUBMITTER: Jia Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7792503 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature