Psychological impacts of the COVID-19 epidemic on Chinese people: Exposure, post-traumatic stress symptom, and emotion regulation

• Published in: Asian Pacific journal of tropical medicine Vol. 13; no. 6; pp. 252 - 259
• Main Authors: Jiang, Hong-juan, Nan, Jiang, Lv, Zhi-yue, Yang, Juan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Department of Psychology, The First Affliated Hospital, Hainan Medical University, Haikou 571199, China%Student Affairs Office, Hainan Medical University, Haikou 571199, China%Key Laboratory of Tropical Translational Medicine of Ministry of Education, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, 571199, China%Key Laboratory of Emegency and Trauma of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Brain Science Research & Transformation in Tropical Environment of Hainan Province, Department of Psychology, The First Affliated Hospital, Hainan Medical University, Haikou 571199, China 01.06.2020; Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
• Subjects: covid-19 exposures; post-traumatic stress symptoms; expressive suppression; cognitive reappraisal; Expressive suppression; Post-traumatic stress symptoms; Cognitive reappraisal; COVID-19 exposures

Objective: To examine the effects of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) exposure, expressive suppression/cognitive reappraisal, and demographic variables on post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTS) among Chinese.Methods: Participants were recruited by social media through WeChat and 6049 Chinese (aged...