scholarly journals Impact of COVID-19 on Public Mental Health and the Buffering Effect of a Sense of Coherence

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah K. Schäfer ◽  
M. Roxanne Sopp ◽  
Christian G. Schanz ◽  
Marlene Staginnus ◽  
Anja S. Göritz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
Public Mental Health ◽  
Buffering Effect

Jede(r) Zehnte leidet infolge Corona unter mehr psychischen Symptomen

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (04) ◽  
pp. 10-10
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
Public Mental Health ◽  
Psychische Gesundheit ◽  
Buffering Effect

Schäfer SK et al. Impact of COVID-19 on Public Mental Health and the Buffering Effect of a Sense of Coherence. Psychother Psychosom 2020 Aug 18: 1–7. doi: 10.1159/000510752. Online ahead of print Im März 2020 erreichte die COVID-19-Pandemie die westliche Welt. Wie hat sich das auf die psychische Gesundheit der Menschen ausgewirkt – und welche Rolle spielt dabei das Kohärenzgefühl?

scholarly journals Impact of COVID-19 on public mental health and the buffering effect of sense of coherence

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Schäfer ◽  
Roxanne Sopp ◽  
Christian Schanz ◽  
Marlene Staginnus ◽  
Anja S. Göritz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Public Mental Health ◽  
Change Score ◽  
Stress Group ◽  
Psychopathological Symptoms ◽  
Traumatic Distress ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Introduction. It is claimed that the COVID-19 pandemic has a negative impact on mental health. However, to date, prospective studies are lacking. Moreover, it is important to identify which factors modulate the stress response to the pandemic. Previously, sense of coherence (SOC) has emerged as a particularly important resistance factor. Objective. This prospective study aimed to assess the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on mental health and to investigate the ability of pre-outbreak SOC levels to predict changes in psychopathological symptoms.Methods. The study assessed psychopathological symptoms and SOC before and after the COVID-19 outbreak as well as post-outbreak COVID-19-related traumatic distress in a German-speaking sample (N=1,591). Bivariate latent change score (BLCS) modelling was used to analyse pre-to-post outbreak changes in psychopathological symptoms and the ability of SOC to predict symptom changes.Results. Overall, there was no change in psychopathological symptoms. However, on individual-respondent level 10% experienced a clinically significant increase in psychopathological symptoms, and 15% met cut-off criteria for COVID-19-related traumatic distress. Using BLCS modelling, we identified a high-stress group experiencing an increase in psychopathological symptoms and a decrease in SOC and a low-stress group showing the reversed pattern. Changes in SOC and psychopathological symptoms were predicted by pre-outbreak SOC and psychopathological symptom levels. Conclusions. Although mental health was stable in most respondents, a relevant proportion of the sample experienced increased psychopathological symptoms due to COVID-19. Since higher SOC was predictive of smaller changes in symptom levels, SOC training might be a promising approach to enhance resistance to stressors.

Balancing Perspectives of Public Mental Health

1992 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 454-455
Author(s):  
David S. Hargrove
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Public Mental Health

Public Mental Health on the Other Side of the Atlantic

1992 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 329-330
Author(s):  
Richard H. Price
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Public Mental Health ◽  
The Other
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