Abstract
This paper reports the results of a recent survey of Chinese WeChat networkers (n = 2015, August 2020) about China’s mental health conditions under COVID-19. The purpose of the survey was to measure symptoms of depression, anxiety, and somatization by using a standard 18-item battery and assess how the results were related to an individual’s socioeconomic status, lifestyle, and social capital under an ongoing pandemic. The survey reveals that the pandemic has had a significant impact, as the respondents had more serious mental symptoms when their residential communities exhibited a greater exposure to the spread of the virus. The socioeconomic status of the respondents was negatively associated with the mental symptoms. It modified the impact of COVID-19, and its effect was substantially mediated by measures of lifestyle and social capital.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 8843 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1-17 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 23 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Dec 2020 |
Keywords
- COVID-19
- Lifestyle
- Mental health
- Social capital
- Socioeconomic status
