Risk Perception and Depression in Public Health Crises: Evidence from the COVID-19 Crisis in China

• Published in: International journal of environmental research and public health Vol. 17; no. 16; p. 5728
• Main Authors: Ding, Yubin, Xu, Junling, Huang, Sisi, Li, Peipei, Lu, Cuizhen, Xie, Shenghua
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 07.08.2020; MDPI
• Subjects: Adult; Betacoronavirus; China - epidemiology; Communicable Disease Control - organization & administration; Coronavirus; Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology; Coronavirus Infections - psychology; COVID-19; Earthquakes; Female; Humans; Male; Mental Health; Middle Aged; Natural Disasters; Pandemics; Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology; Pneumonia, Viral - psychology; Public Health; Risk Assessment; SARS-CoV-2; Socioeconomic Factors; Studies; China; COVID-19; depression; public health crisis; risk perception

Background: Scant attention has been paid to how risk perceptions of public health crises may affect people’s mental health. Aims: The aims of this study are to (1) construct a conceptual framework for risk perception and depression of people in public health crises, (2) examine how the mental healt...