Call me maybe: Risk factors of impaired social contact during the COVID-19 pandemic and associations with well-being.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic caused major societal changes worldwide, with the most notable being lockdowns and restrictions on social contact. We conducted a longitudinal study (total n = 1907) in Germany with two time points to (1) identify demographic risk factors of impaired social contact during the pandemic, as well as investigate potential consequences of (2) impaired social contact and (3) different modes of communication on individuals' well-being during the first lockdown in spring 2020. Results indicate that particularly individuals living alone and being unable to work reported a lower frequency of (face-to-face) contact in comparison with participants living with others or working. Impaired social contact was indirectly associated with a negative development in well-being (life satis

SUBMITTER: Rudert SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9348265 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature