Parola Anna, Rossi Alessandro, Tessitore Francesca, Troisi Gina, Mannarini Stefania
Department of Humanities, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology, Section of Applied Psychology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
Front Psychol. 2020 Oct 2;11:567484. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.567484. eCollection 2020.
Health emergencies, such as epidemics, have detrimental and long-lasting consequences on people's mental health, which are higher during the implementation of strict lockdown measures. Despite several recent psychological researches on the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic highlighting that young adults represent a high risk category, no studies specifically focused on young adults' mental health status have been carried out yet. This study aimed to assess and monitor Italian young adults' mental health status during the first 4 weeks of lockdown through the use of a longitudinal panel design.
Participants ( = 97) provided self-reports in four time intervals (1-week intervals) in 1 month. The Syndromic Scales of Adult Self-Report 18-59 were used to assess the internalizing problems (anxiety/depression, withdrawn, and somatic complaints), externalizing problems (aggressive, rule-breaking, and intrusive behavior), and personal strengths. To determine the time-varying effects of prolonged quarantine, a growth curve modeling will be performed.
The results showed an increase in anxiety/depression, withdrawal, somatic complaints, aggressive behavior, rule-breaking behavior, and internalizing and externalizing problems and a decrease in intrusive behavior and personal strengths from T1 to T4.
The results contributed to the ongoing debate concerning the psychological impact of the COVID-19 emergency, helping to plan and develop efficient intervention projects able to take care of young adults' mental health in the long term.
诸如流行病等突发卫生事件会对人们的心理健康产生有害且持久的影响，在实施严格封锁措施期间这种影响更为严重。尽管最近有几项关于2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行的心理学研究强调年轻人是高风险群体，但尚未有专门针对年轻人心理健康状况的研究。本研究旨在通过纵向面板设计评估和监测意大利年轻人在封锁的前4周内的心理健康状况。
参与者（n = 97）在1个月内的四个时间间隔（间隔1周）提供自我报告。使用成人自我报告18 - 59症状量表来评估内化问题（焦虑/抑郁、退缩和躯体不适）、外化问题（攻击性行为、违规行为和侵扰行为）以及个人优势。为了确定长期隔离的时变效应，将进行生长曲线建模。
结果显示，从T1到T4，焦虑/抑郁、退缩、躯体不适、攻击性行为、违规行为以及内化和外化问题有所增加，侵扰行为和个人优势有所减少。
这些结果为正在进行的关于COVID-19疫情心理影响的辩论做出了贡献，有助于规划和开展能够长期关注年轻人心理健康的有效干预项目。
