Associations of risk perception of COVID-19 with emotion and mental health during the pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although there are increasing concerns on mental health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, no large-scale population-based studies have examined the associations of risk perception of COVID-19 with emotion and subsequent mental health.

Methods

This study analysed cross-sectional and longitudinal data from the PsyCorona Survey that included 54,845 participants from 112 countries, of which 23,278 participants are representative samples of 24 countries in terms of gender and age. Specification curve analysis (SCA) was used to examine associations of risk perception of COVID-19 with emotion and self-rated mental health. This robust method considers all reasonable model specifications to avoid subjective analytical decisions while accounting for multiple testing.

SUBMITTER: Han Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7834977 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature