COVID stress syndrome: Concept, structure, and correlates

• Published in: Depression and anxiety Vol. 37; no. 8; pp. 706 - 714
• Main Authors: Taylor, Steven, Landry, Caeleigh A., Paluszek, Michelle M., Fergus, Thomas A., McKay, Dean, Asmundson, Gordon J. G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.08.2020; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Adaptation, Psychological; Adult; Anxiety; Anxiety - epidemiology; Anxiety - psychology; Anxiety disorders; Canada - epidemiology; Chronic illnesses; coronavirus; Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology; Coronavirus Infections - psychology; COVID-19; Fear; Fear & phobias; Fear - psychology; Female; Fomites; Health Surveys; Humans; Male; Mental Disorders - epidemiology; Mental health; Mental Health - statistics & numerical data; Mental Health Services - statistics & numerical data; pandemic; Pandemics; Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology; Pneumonia, Viral - psychology; Population studies; Psychopathology; Stress; Stress, Psychological - epidemiology; United States - epidemiology; Xenophobia; Canada; United States; United States > US; COVID-19; anxiety; stress; coronavirus; pandemic; fear; xenophobia

Background Research shows that the COVID Stress Scales have a robust multifactorial structure, representing five correlated facets of COVID‐19‐related distress: (a) Fear of the dangerousness of COVID‐19, which includes fear of coming into contact with fomites potentially contaminated with SARSCoV2,...