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Behavioural, cognitive and emotional responses to SARS: differences between college students in Beijing and Suzhou
Author(s) -
Qian Mingyi,
Ye Dongmei,
Zhong Jie,
Xu Kaiwen,
Zhang Lili,
Huang Zheng,
Dong Wei,
Liu Xinghua,
Zhang Xiaoyun,
Zhang Zheyu,
Wang Cixin,
Nie Jing
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
stress and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1532-2998
pISSN - 1532-3005
DOI - 10.1002/smi.1043
Subject(s) - beijing , cognition , psychology , china , sample (material) , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , psychiatry , geography , chemistry , archaeology , chromatography
This research was designed to explore the differences in behaviour, cognition and emotion between college students in Beijing and Suzhou, who were under different external stresses during the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) prevalence time in China from 22 April to 23 June, 2003. A ‘Psychological responses questionnaire on SARS’ designed by the authors was filled out by subjects. A total of 268 valid cases were collected in Beijing through e‐mails or websites, and 397 valid copies were collected in Suzhou through pencil‐and‐paper tests. The two groups differed in their behaviours, cognitions and emotions. Cognitive and behavioural responses of the Beijing sample changed along with the time and the epidemic situation, and so did the negative emotions of the Suzhou sample. Path analysis of the Beijing sample found support for the mediating effects of the cognition on the relationships of stress and the emotional and behavioural responses, while the results of the Suzhou sample did not. Differences between the two samples are discussed. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.