Stress and Resilience Research Center. Tel-Hai College, Israel.
Stress and Resilience Research Center, Tel Hai and University of Haifa, Israel.
J Psychiatr Res. 2021 Dec;144:389-396. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.10.043. Epub 2021 Oct 28.
The current study examined trajectories of anxiety and depression symptoms at three-time points during the COVID-19 pandemic and examined correlates of those trajectories.
Data were collected at three time points during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The sample in the current study consisted of 804 respondents who had completed the online questionnaire at all three time points designed for the study.
Using Latent Growth Mixture Modeling (LGMM) we identified four trajectories: (a) A resilient group reported consistently low levels of symptoms (62% anxiety and 72% depression), (b) a chronic group reported consistently high levels of symptoms (12% anxiety and 14% depression), (c) an emerging group reported low initial symptoms that increased steadily across time (20% anxiety and 13% depression), and (d) an improving group reported high initial symptoms that decreased across time (6% anxiety and 3% depression).
The salient conclusion that emerged from these results is that even in a severe and prolonged crisis, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the most common outcome in the population is that of resilience. Moreover, examining predictors of these trajectories, we found that the resilience trajectory was associated with fewer economic difficulties due to the COVID-19, greater income, and self-identification as religious.
本研究考察了 COVID-19 大流行期间三个时间点的焦虑和抑郁症状轨迹，并探讨了这些轨迹的相关因素。
数据是在 COVID-19 大流行期间的三个时间点收集的。
本研究的样本由 804 名在所有三个时间点完成了为研究设计的在线问卷的受访者组成。
使用潜在增长混合模型（LGMM），我们确定了四个轨迹：（a）弹性组报告持续低水平的症状（62%的焦虑和 72%的抑郁），（b）慢性组报告持续高水平的症状（12%的焦虑和 14%的抑郁），（c）出现组报告初始症状较低，但随着时间的推移稳步增加（20%的焦虑和 13%的抑郁），以及（d）改善组报告初始症状较高，但随着时间的推移减少（6%的焦虑和 3%的抑郁）。
这些结果的突出结论是，即使在 COVID-19 这样严重和持久的危机中，人群中最常见的结果是具有弹性。此外，通过研究这些轨迹的预测因素，我们发现，具有弹性的轨迹与由于 COVID-19 导致的经济困难较少、收入较高以及自我认同为宗教有关。
