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Psychological distress during the COVID-19 lockdown: The young adults most at risk
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To control the COVID-19 pandemic, governments have implemented restrictions. This study evaluates psychological distress related to the crisis and identifies predictive factors of anxiety/depression according to age. 2,871 adults were recruited through an online questionnaire during the lockdown. Three subsamples were identified: 18-30; 30-50; > 50 years. The population suffers from anxiety and depression. Young adults adu reported lower levels of living space, occupational activity, social contact and alcohol use, but higher anxiety, depression and uncertainty than older participants. This psychological distress can be explained by lockdown conditions (differently according to age) and by intolerance to uncertainty. Also, youth's alcohol intake has decreased. Deconfinement strategies have been discussed.
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“Previous studies (Beam and Kim, 2020; Glowacz and Schmits, 2020; Houghton et al., 2022) point out that young adults, particularly those between the ages of 18 and 30, have been the group to experience the greatest negative effects during the pandemic”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Glowacz, F., & Schmits, E.
- Affiliations
- University of Liège (BE)
- Corresponding author
- Glowacz, F.
- ORCID
- Glowacz, F.
- Venue
- Psychiatry Research
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-11
- Volume
- 293
- Pages
- 113486
- ISSN
- 0165-1781 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC7518205
- OpenAlex
- W3088359950
- Cited by
- 280
- References
- 35
- Citations by year
- 2026: 10 · 2025: 24 · 2024: 37 · 2023: 63 · 2022: 69 · 2021: 77
- FWCI
- 20.92
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Psychiatry Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- ORBi (University of Liège) (submittedVersion)
- 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 › Sociology and Political Science › COVID-19 Prevention and Impact
- Keywords
- COVID-19 lockdown, psychological distress, anxiety, depression, young adults, age differences, intolerance of uncertainty, alcohol consumption, social contact, living space, occupational activity, deconfinement, predictive factors
- MeSH terms
- Betacoronavirus, Psychological Distress, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Adolescent, Adult, Age Factors, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Anxiety, Depression, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Pneumonia, Viral, Quarantine, Surveys and Questionnaires, Risk Factors, Stress, Psychological, Coronavirus Infections, Young Adult, Pandemics
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