Guo Yawen, Yang Haibo, Elhai Jon, McKay Dean
Faculty of Psychology, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China.
Department of Psychology, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, United States.
Front Psychiatry. 2021 Aug 11;12:713279. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.713279. eCollection 2021.
As an emergent public health event, COVID-19 has had a significant impact on mental health, particularly causing anxiety. Some cognitive-affective related studies have demonstrated that attentional control is related to levels of anxiety. More specifically, recent research has shown that anxiety sensitivity is uniquely associated with mental health responses to COVID-19. The aim of the current study was to investigate the role of anxiety sensitivity during COVID-19 outbreak period, especially physical and cognitive concerns, in relation to attentional control and anxiety. It is a questionnaire study. A total of 464 participants were recruited through online sampling between February and March, 2020. They were surveyed by the Attentional Control Scale (ATTC), Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3 (ASI-3) and Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and correlation analysis. We also tested the mediating effect. The results showed that attentional control is negatively correlated with physical concern, cognitive concern and anxiety. And results support that physical and cognitive concerns play a mediating role between attentional control and anxiety. Anxiety sensitivity plays a mediating role between attentional control and anxiety. These findings can help effective prevention and intervention of anxiety.
作为一起突发公共卫生事件，新型冠状病毒肺炎（COVID-19）对心理健康产生了重大影响，尤其引发了焦虑情绪。一些认知-情感相关研究表明，注意力控制与焦虑水平有关。更具体地说，近期研究显示，焦虑敏感性与对COVID-19的心理健康反应存在独特关联。本研究的目的是调查在COVID-19疫情暴发期间焦虑敏感性的作用，特别是身体和认知方面的担忧，与注意力控制和焦虑的关系。这是一项问卷调查研究。2020年2月至3月期间，通过在线抽样共招募了464名参与者。使用注意力控制量表（ATTC）、焦虑敏感性指数-3（ASI-3）和抑郁焦虑压力量表-21（DASS-21）对他们进行了调查。采用描述性统计和相关性分析对数据进行分析。我们还检验了中介效应。结果表明，注意力控制与身体担忧、认知担忧和焦虑呈负相关。结果支持身体和认知担忧在注意力控制和焦虑之间起中介作用。焦虑敏感性在注意力控制和焦虑之间起中介作用。这些发现有助于对焦虑进行有效的预防和干预。
