University of South Australia, UniSA Business, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Stress Health. 2024 Feb;40(1):e3287. doi: 10.1002/smi.3287. Epub 2023 Jul 7.
Using a rich individual level dataset from six countries, we examine the relationship between job loss and mental disorders during the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. We consider four indicators of mental disorders based on their severity, viz. anxiety, insomnia, boredom, and loneliness. We draw our conclusions based on two groups of countries that differ by the timing of their peak infections count. Using a logit and a two-stage least squares (TSLS) regression methods, we find that the people who lost their jobs due to the pandemic are more likely to suffer from mental disorders, especially insomnia and loneliness. Additionally, people with financial liabilities, such as housing mortgages, are among those vulnerable to anxiety. Women, urban residents, youth, low-income groups, and tobacco users are more prone to mental disorders. The findings from this research have significant policy implications on infectious disease control measures and mental health conditions due to lockdowns and social distancing.
利用来自六个国家的丰富个体水平数据集，我们考察了 COVID-19 大流行第一阶段失业与精神障碍之间的关系。我们根据严重程度考虑了四种精神障碍指标，即焦虑、失眠、无聊和孤独。我们根据感染人数高峰期时间不同的两组国家得出结论。使用逻辑回归和两阶段最小二乘法（TSLS）回归方法，我们发现由于疫情失业的人更容易患上精神障碍，尤其是失眠和孤独。此外，有住房抵押贷款等财务负担的人更容易焦虑。女性、城市居民、年轻人、低收入群体和烟民更容易出现精神障碍。由于封锁和社交隔离，这项研究的结果对传染病控制措施和精神健康状况具有重要的政策意义。
