Open AccessA longitudinal study of the influence of concerns about contagion on negative affect during the COVID-19 lockdown in adults: The moderating effect of gender and resilience
Author(s) -
Alberto MegíasRobles,
María José GutiérrezCobo,
Rosario Cabello,
Raquel GómezLeal,
Pablo FernándezBerrocal
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of health psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.716
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1461-7277
pISSN - 1359-1053
DOI - 10.1177/1359105321990794
Subject(s) - covid-19 , affect (linguistics) , psychological resilience , psychology , pandemic , longitudinal study , government (linguistics) , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , demography , outbreak , medicine , social psychology , sociology , linguistics , philosophy , disease , communication , pathology , virology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
The COVID-19 global pandemic has had psychological consequences worldwide. The aim of the present study was to analyze the effect of concerns about contagion on negative affect (NA) according to resilience, gender and age by using a longitudinal methodology that evaluated the participants 4 months before the COVID-19 outbreak and during the resulting lockdown situation imposed by the Spanish government. About 102 participants from a community sample were assessed. The results revealed higher levels of NA during the lockdown, as well as a positive relationship between age and the increase in NA. In addition, we found that a positive relationship between contagion concern and increase in NA was only observed in women with low resilience.
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