Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, No.19 Xinjiekouwai Street, Haidian District, Beijing, 100875, China.
Baotou School Affiliated To Beijing Normal University, Inner Mongolia, China.
BMC Public Health. 2021 Nov 22;21(1):2139. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-12161-1.
The only previous studies that formulated a theoretical model of epidemics for psychological response relative to cultural perspectives have focused on the role of individualism-collectivism and have omitted analysis of tightness-looseness. This study explored the role of cultural tightness in relation to psychological disorders during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
We recruited 1827 Chinese adolescents (M = 18.16 ± 2.23 years, 53.3% female) to participate a cross-sectional survey. Participants completed a series of questionnaires, including the scales of cultural tightness, risk perception of COVID-19 pandemic, perceived protection efficacy, anxiety and depression. A latent moderated structural equations model was used to analyse the mediating and moderating effects of risk perception regarding COVID-19, cultural tightness and perceived protection efficacy on psychological disorders.
The results showed that greater risk perception of COVID-19 predicted greater psychological disorders, however cultural tightness moderated this positive relationship. The increase in psychological disorders with risk perception regarding COVID-19 was less pronounced among people who lived in tighter cultural areas. In addition, this moderating effect of cultural tightness was further mediated by perceived protection efficacy; that is, tight culture protects against psychological disorders by enhancing perceived protection efficacy.
This study enriched the theoretical framework of cultural tightness and indicated its importance in the field of mental health and health policies. It also emphasized the importance of tight culture as a protective factor against psychological disorders in case of COVID-19 outbreaks, providing valuable practical insight into psychological prevention for COVID-19 outbreaks.
之前仅有的从文化视角构建有关心理反应的传染病理论模型的研究，聚焦于个体主义-集体主义的作用，而忽略了对紧密度的分析。本研究探讨了文化紧密度在 COVID-19 大流行期间与心理障碍的关系。
我们招募了 1827 名中国青少年（M = 18.16 ± 2.23 岁，53.3%为女性）参与横断面调查。参与者完成了一系列问卷，包括文化紧密度量表、对 COVID-19 大流行的风险感知、感知保护效力、焦虑和抑郁。使用潜在中介调节结构方程模型分析了 COVID-19 风险感知、文化紧密度和感知保护效力对心理障碍的中介和调节作用。
结果表明，对 COVID-19 的风险感知越大，心理障碍越大，但文化紧密度调节了这种正相关关系。在文化较紧的地区，随着对 COVID-19 的风险感知的增加，心理障碍的增加程度较低。此外，文化紧密度的这种调节作用进一步通过感知保护效力来介导；也就是说，通过增强感知保护效力，紧文化可以预防心理障碍。
本研究丰富了文化紧密度的理论框架，并指出了其在心理健康和卫生政策领域的重要性。它还强调了在 COVID-19 爆发期间紧文化作为预防心理障碍的保护因素的重要性，为 COVID-19 爆发的心理预防提供了有价值的实际见解。
