Stronger functional network connectivity and social support buffer against negative affect during the COVID-19 outbreak and after the pandemic peak.

ABSTRACT: Health and financial uncertainties, as well as enforced social distancing, during the COVID-19 pandemic have adversely affected the mental health of people. These impacts are expected to continue even after the pandemic, particularly for those who lack support from family and friends. The salience network (SN), default mode network (DMN), and frontoparietal network (FPN) function in an interconnected manner to support information processing and emotional regulation processes in stressful contexts. In this study, we examined whether functional connectivity of the SN, DMN, and FPN, measured using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging before the pandemic, is a neurobiological marker of negative affect (NA) during the COVID-19 pandemic and after its peak in a large sample (N = 49

SUBMITTER: Xiao M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8592855 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature