Department of Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology, Institute of Psychology, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, 20-612 Lublin, Poland.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Mar 16;19(6):3504. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19063504.
This study was primarily designed to investigate the perception of changes in selected areas of life experienced by adults of various nationalities in connection to the long-lasting COVID-19 pandemic. The second objective was to identify the factors increasing the risk of perception of negative changes in life during the pandemic. The tools applied in the study include a self-report questionnaire designed to measure sociodemographic data and health status of the subjects, COVID-19 Sense of Life Changes Questionnaire, as well as the Impact of Event Scale: Revised. The study involved over 600 adult subjects. With increased intensity of intrusions, the likelihood of negative perception of the changes emerging as a result of the pandemic was reduced by approximately 7%, whereas a higher intensity of hyperarousal increased that risk. Individuals reporting a sense of negative changes presented a greater degree of hyperarousal compared to those reporting positive changes. In the group of subjects perceiving the changes in a positive way, increasing the intensity of intrusion and/or hyperarousal corresponded to a growing conviction about a negative nature of life changes concerning the relationship with their partner and affecting their work as well as regarding a positive meaning of the changes in relations with their parents and in daily life. Generally, there was a prevailing sense of negative changes; however, there was also a group of subjects that perceived these as positive. Intrusions and hyperarousal in certain individuals may play a role in motivating them to take action in protecting against effects of the pandemic and, in others, may lead to frustration and anxiety.
本研究主要旨在调查不同国籍成年人在经历长期 COVID-19 大流行期间对生活某些方面变化的感知。第二个目的是确定在大流行期间增加生活感知负面变化风险的因素。该研究中使用的工具包括一个自我报告问卷，用于测量受试者的社会人口统计学数据和健康状况，COVID-19 生活变化感知问卷，以及事件影响量表修订版。该研究涉及超过 600 名成年受试者。随着侵入强度的增加，对大流行导致的变化的负面感知的可能性降低了约 7%，而过度唤醒的强度增加了这种风险。与报告积极变化的人相比，报告负面变化的人表现出更高程度的过度唤醒。在以积极方式感知变化的受试者群体中，侵入和/或过度唤醒强度的增加对应于对与伴侣关系以及工作相关的生活变化的负面性质的信念增强，以及对与父母关系和日常生活中变化的积极意义的信念增强。总的来说，存在一种普遍的负面变化感；然而，也有一部分人认为这些变化是积极的。某些个体的侵入和过度唤醒可能在激励他们采取行动以保护自己免受大流行影响方面发挥作用，而在其他人中，可能会导致沮丧和焦虑。
