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Anxiety in the face of the first wave of the spread of COVID-19 in Israel: Psychosocial determinants of a “Panic-to-complacency-continuum”

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  • Shahar, Golan
  • Ahronson-Daniel, Limor
  • Greenberg, David
  • Shalev, Hadar
  • Tendler, Avichai
  • Grotto, Itamar
  • Malone, Patrick
  • Davidovitch, Nadav

Abstract

Based on an established ongoing prospective-longitudinal study examining anxiety in response to COVID-19, a representative sample of 1018 Jewish-Israeli adults were recruited online. A baseline assessment was employed two days prior to the first spread of COVID-19, followed by six weekly assessments. Three classes of general anxiety and virus-specific anxiety were identified: (1) “Panic” (a very high and stable anxiety throughout the spread), (2) “Complacency” (a very low and stable anxiety throughout the spread), and (3) “Threat-Sensitivity” (a linear increase, plateauing at the 5th wave). For general-anxiety only, a fourth, “Balanced,” class was identified, exhibiting a stable, middle-level of anxiety. We tested theory-based, baseline, social-cognitive predictors of these classes: self-criticism, perceived social support, and perceptions/attitudes towards the Israeli Ministry of Health. We also controlled for trait anxiety. Multinomial regression analyses in the context of General Mixture Modeling were utilized.

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  • Shahar, Golan & Ahronson-Daniel, Limor & Greenberg, David & Shalev, Hadar & Tendler, Avichai & Grotto, Itamar & Malone, Patrick & Davidovitch, Nadav, 2023. "Anxiety in the face of the first wave of the spread of COVID-19 in Israel: Psychosocial determinants of a “Panic-to-complacency-continuum”," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 317(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:317:y:2023:i:c:s0277953622008917
    DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115585
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