Addressing the critical need for long-term mental health data during the COVID-19 pandemic: changes in mental health from April to September 2020

CB Veldhuis, ED Nesoff, ALW McKowen, DR Rice… - Preventive …, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite the large amounts of research currently being conducted and the high number of
editorials warning about the potential mental health impacts, there is a stunning lack of …

[HTML][HTML] Brief exposure to social media during the COVID-19 pandemic: Doom-scrolling has negative emotional consequences, but kindness-scrolling does not

K Buchanan, LB Aknin, S Lotun, GM Sandstrom - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
People often seek out information as a means of coping with challenging situations. Attuning
to negative information can be adaptive because it alerts people to the risks in their …

COVID-19, a tale of two pandemics: novel coronavirus and fake news messaging

NA Atehortua, S Patino - Health promotion international, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The emergence of COVID-19, caused by novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, became a
pandemic in just 10 weeks. Without effective medications or vaccines available, authorities …

[HTML][HTML] Communication outside of the home through social media during COVID-19

N Pennington - Computers in human behavior reports, 2021 - Elsevier
This study explored, through quantitative and qualitative survey analysis (N= 307), the role
of communication through social media during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data were …

[HTML][HTML] Using fear and anxiety related to COVID-19 to predict cyberchondria: Cross-sectional survey study

X Wu, N Nazari, MD Griffiths - Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2021 - jmir.org
Background Studies have highlighted that fear and anxiety generated by COVID-19 are
important psychological factors that affect all populations. There currently remains a lack of …

[HTML][HTML] Exposure to COVID-19-related information and its association with mental health problems in Thailand: Nationwide, cross-sectional survey study

P Mongkhon, C Ruengorn, R Awiphan… - Journal of medical …, 2021 - jmir.org
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has had a negative impact on both the physical and
mental health of individuals worldwide. Evidence regarding the association between mental …

Tracking the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lives of American households

A Kapteyn, M Angrisani, D Bennett… - Survey Research …, 2020 - ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de
Abstract Since March 10, 2020, we have been tracking effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on
respondents to the nationally representative Understanding America Study (UAS). After an …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 infodemic and adult and elderly mental health: a scoping review

CE Delgado, EA Silva, EAB Castro… - Revista da Escola de …, 2021 - SciELO Brasil
Objective: to map scientific knowledge about the repercussions of the infodemic on adult
and elderly mental health in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: this is a …

[HTML][HTML] Learning about COVID-19: a qualitative interview study of Australians' use of information sources

D Lupton, S Lewis - BMC Public Health, 2021 - Springer
Background A multitude of information sources are available to publics when novel
infectious diseases first emerge. In this paper, we adopt a qualitative approach to investigate …

[HTML][HTML] Anxiety and depressive symptoms in US Census Bureau assessments of adults: Trends from 2019 to fall 2020 across demographic groups

JM Twenge, C McAllister, TE Joiner - Journal of anxiety disorders, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Events from spring to fall 2020, including the COVID-19 pandemic, hate crimes,
and social unrest, may have impacted mental health, particularly mood and anxiety …