Mental Health Inequalities During COVID-19 Outbreak: The Role of Financial Insecurity and Attentional Control.

IF 2.7 4区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Psychologica Belgica Pub Date : 2021-11-12 eCollection Date: 2021-01-01 DOI:10.5334/pb.1064

Nele Claes, Annique Smeding, Arnaud Carré

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The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns negatively impacted the mental health of populations. This impact is not equally distributed and increases existing mental health inequalities. Indeed, government restrictions and the economic consequences of the pandemic affect more the less educated and less wealthy people. However, psychological processes implicated in this increase of mental health inequalities during the COVID-19 pandemic remain unexplored. The present study (N=591) tested the role of financial insecurity and attentional control in the relation between socioeconomic status and mental health, along with the influence of trait anxiety. Based on Structural Equation Modelling, findings showed a mediation effect of financial insecurity, but not of attentional control, in the relationship between socioeconomic status and mental health. In addition, exploratory analyses suggested that financial insecurity also mediated the effect of attentional control on mental health. Results of the present research point at the importance of understanding psychological processes implicated in the effect of economic crises on mental health inequalities.

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COVID-19 爆发期间的心理健康不平等：财务不安全和注意力控制的作用。

COVID-19 大流行和随后的封锁对人们的心理健康产生了负面影响。这种影响分布不均，加剧了现有的心理健康不平等。事实上，政府的限制措施和大流行病造成的经济后果对教育程度较低和较不富裕的人影响更大。然而，在 COVID-19 大流行期间，与心理健康不平等现象加剧有关的心理过程仍未得到研究。本研究（N=591）测试了经济不安全感和注意力控制在社会经济地位与心理健康关系中的作用，以及特质焦虑的影响。根据结构方程模型，研究结果表明，在社会经济地位与心理健康的关系中，财务不安全感具有中介效应，而注意力控制则不具有中介效应。此外，探索性分析表明，财务不安全感也是注意力控制对心理健康影响的中介。本研究的结果表明，了解经济危机对心理健康不平等的影响所涉及的心理过程非常重要。

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