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Titel: Impact of COVID-19 on Public Mental Health and the Buffering Effect of a Sense of Coherence
VerfasserIn: Schäfer, Sarah K.
Sopp, M. Roxanne
Schanz, Christian G.
Staginnus, Marlene
Göritz, Anja S.
Michael, Tanja
Sprache: Englisch
Titel: Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
Bandnummer: 89
Heft: 6
Seiten: 386-392
Verlag/Plattform: Karger
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Freie Schlagwörter: COVID-19
Mental health
Sense of coherence
Psychopathology
Prospective
DDC-Sachgruppe: 150 Psychologie
Dokumenttyp: Journalartikel / Zeitschriftenartikel
Abstract: Introduction: It is claimed that the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a negative impact on mental health. However, to date, prospective studies are lacking. Moreover, it is important to identify which factors modulate the stress response to the pandemic. Previously, sense of coherence (SOC) has emerged as a particularly important resistance factor. Objective: This prospective study aimed to assess the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on mental health and to investigate the ability of pre-outbreak SOC levels to predict changes in psychopathological symptoms. Methods: This study assessed psychopathological symptoms and SOC before and after the COVID-19 outbreak as well as postoutbreak COVID-19-related traumatic distress in a Germanspeaking sample (n = 1,591). Bivariate latent change score (BLCS) modeling was used to analyze pre- to post-outbreak changes in psychopathological symptoms and the ability of SOC to predict symptom changes. Results: Overall, there was no change in psychopathological symptoms. However, on an individual-respondent level, 10% experienced a clinically significant increase in psychopathological symptoms and 15% met cut-off criteria for COVID-19-related traumatic distress. Using BLCS modeling, we identified a high-stress group experiencing an increase in psychopathological symptoms and a decrease in SOC and a low-stress group showing the reversed pattern. Changes in SOC and psychopathological symptoms were predicted by pre-outbreak SOC and psychopathological symptom levels. Conclusions: Although mental health was stable in most respondents, a small group of respondents characterized by low levels of SOC experienced increased psychopathological symptoms from pre- to post-outbreak. Thus, SOC training might be a promising approach to enhance the resistance to stressors.
DOI der Erstveröffentlichung: 10.1159/000510752
URL der Erstveröffentlichung: https://doi.org/10.1159/000510752
Link zu diesem Datensatz: urn:nbn:de:bsz:291--ds-399294
hdl:20.500.11880/35936
http://dx.doi.org/10.22028/D291-39929
ISSN: 1423-0348
0033-3190
Datum des Eintrags: 9-Jun-2023
Bezeichnung des in Beziehung stehenden Objekts: Supplementary Material
In Beziehung stehendes Objekt: https://figshare.com/ndownloader/files/24318083
Fakultät: HW - Fakultät für Empirische Humanwissenschaften und Wirtschaftswissenschaft
Fachrichtung: HW - Psychologie
Professur: HW - Prof. Dr. Tanja Michael
Sammlung:SciDok - Der Wissenschaftsserver der Universität des Saarlandes

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