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Mental health in the post-lockdown pandemic phase: Relief or exacerbation of psychological distress? A cross-sectional study in the general population in Italy

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Orfei, Maria Donata, Bossi, Francesco, D'Arcangelo, Sonia, Maggi, Francesca, Lattanzi, Nicola, Malizia, Andrea Patricelli, Ricciardi, Emiliano·2022·Acta Psychologica
DOI 10.1016/j.actpsy.2022.103555
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This study is one of the first aiming at investigating the mental health in the post-lockdown period in an Italian adult population and detecting demographic and psychological predictors for a worse outcome. 1401 participants answered a web-based survey including the Emotional Reaction Questionnaire (ERQ), the Positive Affect and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS), the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R), the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21), and the Dutch Work Addiction Scale (DUWAS). Simple slope analyses highlighted that women, lower age, and suppression were related to higher scores for the PANAS negative affect scale, the DASS-21, the IES-R, the GHQ, and the DUWAS. In our sample, 1.2% of participants showed depressive symptoms, 0.5% anxiety symptoms, and 2% stress symptoms. Moreover, 5.4% of participants reported post-traumatic symptoms and 15% signs of psychological distress. Compared with data on the lockdown period, our results show lower levels of depressive, anxiety, and stress symptoms, possibly due to the slackening of preventive measures adopted since June. Despite this, post-traumatic symptoms and signs of psychological distress were still present. Our data suggest the necessity to monitor psychological adaption over time in general and at-risk subjects.

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Authors
Orfei, M. D., Bossi, F., D'Arcangelo, S., Maggi, F., Lattanzi, N., Malizia, A. P., & Ricciardi, E.
Affiliations
  • IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca (IT)
  • Intesa Sanpaolo (Italy) (IT)
Corresponding author
Orfei, Maria Donata
ORCID
Venue
Acta Psychologica
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2022-05
Volume
225
Pages
103555
ISSN
0001-6918 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.actpsy.2022.103555
OpenAlex
W4220661872
Cited by
23
References
50
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 6
FWCI
5.02
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Licence
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  • Acta Psychologica (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • BOA (University of Milano-Bicocca) (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
  • Harvard Business School
  • Scuola IMT Alti Studi Lucca
  • Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Keywords
COVID-19 pandemic, psychological distress, depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms, stress symptoms, post-traumatic symptoms, emotional suppression, gender differences, age differences, workaholism, general population
MeSH terms
Psychological Distress, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Adult, Anxiety, Cross-Sectional Studies, Depression, Female, Humans, Italy, Mental Health, Stress, Psychological, Pandemics

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