Mental Health Risks after Repeated Exposure to Multiple Stressful Events during Ongoing Social Unrest and Pandemic in Hong Kong: The Role of Rumination: Risques pour la sante mentale apres une exposition repetee a de multiples evenements stressants d'agitation sociale durable et de pandemie a Hong Kong: le role de la rumination.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The co-occurrence of different classes of population-level stressors, such as social unrest and public health crises, is common in contemporary societies. Yet, few studies explored their combined mental health impact. The aim of this study was to examine the impact of repeated exposure to social unrest-related traumatic events (TEs), coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic-related events (PEs), and stressful life events (SLEs) on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depressive symptoms, and the potential mediating role of event-based rumination (rumination of TEs-related anger, injustice, guilt, and insecurity) between TEs and PTSD symptoms.

Methods

Community members in Hong Kong who had utilized a screening tool for PTSD and depressive symptoms were inv

SUBMITTER: Wong SMY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8138734 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature