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Resilience: a mediator of the negative effects of pandemic-related stress on women’s mental health in the USA

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Kumar, Shivani, Lee, Nita Karnik, Pinkerton, Elizabeth, Wroblewski, Kristen E., Lengyel, Ernst, Tobin, Marie·2022·Archives of Women's Mental Health

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The role of resilience in mediating the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of US women is poorly understood. We examined socioeconomic factors associated with low resilience in women, the relationship of low resilience with psychiatric morbidity, and the mediating role of resilience in the relationship between pandemic-related stress and other coincident psychiatric morbidities. Using a quota-based sample from a national panel, we conducted a web-based survey of 3200 US women in April 2020. Weighted, multivariate logistic regression was used to model the odds of pandemic-related stress, and coincident depression and anxiety symptoms among those with and without low resilience. Structural equation modeling was used to evaluate resilience as a mediator of the relationship between pandemic-related stress and other coincident psychiatric morbidities. Risk factors for low resilience included younger age, lower household income, lower education, unemployment, East/Southeast Asian race, unmarried/unpartnered status, and higher number of medical comorbidities. Low resilience was significantly associated with greater odds of depression symptoms (OR = 3.78, 95% CI [3.10-4.60]), anxiety symptoms (OR = 4.17, 95% CI [3.40-5.11]), and pandemic-related stress (OR = 2.86, 95% CI [2.26-3.26]). Resilience acted as a partial mediator in the association between pandemic-related stress and anxiety symptoms (proportion mediated = 0.23) and depression symptoms (proportion mediated = 0.28). In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, low resilience mediated the association between pandemic-related stress and psychiatric morbidity. Strategies proven to enhance resilience, such as cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness-based stress reduction, and addressing socioeconomic factors, may help mitigate mental health outcomes.

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  • There are other important domains relevant to women's mental health that have yet to be examined in terms of surf therapy, including emotional regulation, body acceptance, and resilience.

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Authors
Kumar, S., Lee, N. K., Pinkerton, E., Wroblewski, K. E., Lengyel, E., & Tobin, M.
Affiliations
University of Chicago (US)
Corresponding author
Tobin, Marie
Venue
Archives of Women's Mental Health
Published
2021-10-14
Volume
25
Issue
1
Pages
137-146
ISSN
  • 1434-1816 (ISSN-L)
  • 1435-1102
OpenAlex
W4229072462
Cited by
38
References
55
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 9
FWCI
4.94
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Archives of Women s Mental Health (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
University of Chicago
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Resilience and Mental Health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
Keywords
resilience, COVID-19 pandemic, pandemic stress, women's mental health, depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms, psychiatric morbidity, socioeconomic factors, unemployment, household income, comorbidities, mediation, marital status
MeSH terms
COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Anxiety, Depression, Female, Humans, Mental Health, Pandemics

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