The psychological impact of Sars-Cov-2 quarantine: OBSERVATIONS through the lens of the polyvagal theory
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According to the polyvagal theory, quarantine and social distancing following COVID-19 pandemic may dampen nucleus ambiguuus (NA) activity in the brainstem and hinder homeostatic cardiorespiratory functioning, emotional self-regulation and health. In addition, enduring quarantine may foster heightened implicit vigilance for social threat, emotional dysregulation, poor sleep and immune response, potentially increasing the chance of infections. Promoting activities aimed at increasing NA functioning, like self-compassion, may support emotional self-regulation, adequate immune response and health.
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Changes in everyday activities and lifestyle due to the COVID-19 pandemic and related quarantine measures strongly affected the mental health of the general population and of special populations.
“Changes in everyday activitiesand in lifestyle due to severe acute respiratory syndrome CoV2 (SARS-COV2) [coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)] pandemic and related quarantine measures strongly affected the mental health of the general population (Marazziti et al., 2020; Poli et al., 2020), and of special populations (Conversano et al., 2020; Orrù et al., 2021).”
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- Authors
- Poli
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- PubMed
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- National Institutes of Health
- Published
- 2020-04-01
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 2
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- 112-114
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- W3021389951
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- References
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- 2025: 1 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 2
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- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Vagus Nerve Stimulation Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- Keywords
- COVID-19 quarantine, social distancing, polyvagal theory, nucleus ambiguus, emotion regulation, sleep, immune response, self-compassion, psychological impact
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