Emerging Adults and COVID-19: The Role of Individualism-Collectivism on Perceived Risks and Psychological Maladjustment
| العنوان: | Emerging Adults and COVID-19: The Role of Individualism-Collectivism on Perceived Risks and Psychological Maladjustment |
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| المؤلفون: | Livia Buratta, Alessandro Germani, Claudia Mazzeschi, Elisa Delvecchio |
| المصدر: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 17, Iss 3497, p 3497 (2020) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Volume 17 Issue 10 |
| سنة النشر: | 2020 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Adult, Male, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, media_common.quotation_subject, Pneumonia, Viral, lcsh:Medicine, Anxiety, Stress, Article, Developmental psychology, lockdown, 03 medical and health sciences, Individualism, Betacoronavirus, Young Adult, 0302 clinical medicine, Perception, Surveys and Questionnaires, Adaptation, Psychological, medicine, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, Viral, Young adult, Adaptation, Pandemics, media_common, youth, SARS-CoV-2, lcsh:R, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Collectivism, COVID-19, Pneumonia, anxiety, emerging adulthood, stress, Coronavirus Infections, Female, Italy, Stress, Psychological, Feeling, Spite, Psychological, medicine.symptom, Psychology, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Autonomy |
| الوصف: | The outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has dramatically changed our habits and routines. Uncertainty, insecurity, instability for the present and future, and reduced autonomy and self-directedness, are common feelings at the time of COVID-19. These aspects are very important during emerging adulthood. In spite of the fact that medical reports suggest that youth are less prone to experience COVID-19 infections, emerging adults might be at higher risk for their psychological adjustment. Emerging adults showed higher concerns about their role as a possible asymptomatic carrier than being positive with COVID-19 themselves. Both worries and concerns about COVID-19 and psychological maladjustment may be related to cultural factors. Individualism, collectivism, equality, and hierarchy seem to be meaningful perspectives to take into account. A total of 1183 Italian emerging adults were asked to fill out an online survey during the second week of the national lockdown in Italy. Results showed they reported an accurate perceived knowledge about COVID-19. At the same time, they showed higher worries and concerns about COVID-19 for their relatives, followed by more general/social worries. The lowest score included worries about COVID-19 related to themselves. State anxiety and stress levels were above the normal cutoff, confirming the challenges that emerging adults are facing during the pandemic. On one hand, emerging adults&rsquo collectivistic orientation was related to higher perceived risks of infection on the other hand, it predicted lower psychological maladjustment, controlling for socio-demographic variables. The study suggests that to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and decrease levels of psychological maladjustment in emerging adulthood, individuals&rsquo cultural orientation such as the wish of sharing common goals with others, interdependence, and sociability, have to be emphasized and promoted as protective factors. |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| اللغة: | English |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::41609c84e8f114ffffc0ec97da8ca4f3Test http://hdl.handle.net/11391/1471958Test |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....41609c84e8f114ffffc0ec97da8ca4f3 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
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