The Impact of COVID-19 Traumatic Stressors on Mental Health: Is COVID-19 a New Trauma Type.

ABSTRACT: COVID-19 is a new type of trauma that has never been conceptually or empirically analyzed in our discipline. This study aimed to investigate the impact of COVID-19 as traumatic stress on mental health after controlling for individuals' previous stressors and traumas. We utilized a sample of (N = 1374) adults from seven Arab countries. We used an anonymous online questionnaire that included measures for COVID-19 traumatic stress, posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression, and cumulative stressors and traumas. We conducted hierarchical multiple regression, with posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and anxiety as dependent variables. In the first step, in each analysis, we entered the country, gender, age, religion, education, and income as independent variables (Kira, Traumato

SUBMITTER: Kira IA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8259553 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature