The interrelations between psychological outcome trajectories and resource changes amid large-scale disasters: A growth mixture modeling analysis.

ABSTRACT: Currently little is known about the interrelations between changes in psychiatric symptoms and changes in resources (personal, social, financial) amid large-scale disasters. This study investigated trajectories of psychiatric symptoms and their relationships with different patterns of changes in personal, social, and financial resources between 2020 and 2022 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. A population-representative sample (N = 1333) was recruited to complete self-report instruments at the pandemic's acute phase (February-July 2020, T1), and again at 1-year (March-August 2021, T2) and 1.5-year (September 2021-February 2022, T3) follow-ups. Respondents reported depressive and anxiety symptoms, self-efficacy, perceived social support, and financial capacity. Growth mixture modeling (GMM) identi

SUBMITTER: Tao TJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9930711 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature