Is Lockdown Bad for Social Anxiety in COVID-19 Regions?: A National Study in The SOR Perspective
Lockdown measures have been widely used to control and prevent virus transmission in pandemic regions. However, the psychological effects of lockdown measures have been neglected, and the related theoretical research lags behind the practice. The present study aimed to better understand the mechanis...
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doaj-474ad50faa6443d486e9558637b6b5302020-11-25T02:17:22ZengMDPI AGInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health1661-78271660-46012020-06-01174561456110.3390/ijerph17124561Is Lockdown Bad for Social Anxiety in COVID-19 Regions?: A National Study in The SOR PerspectiveLei Zheng0Miao Miao1JiYoon Lim2Maorui Li3Shu Nie4Xiaojun Zhang5School of Economics and Management, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, ChinaSchool of Society, China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing 102249, ChinaSchool of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences and Beijing Key Laboratory of Behavior and Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing 100871, ChinaSchool of Economics and Management, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, ChinaSchool of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences and Beijing Key Laboratory of Behavior and Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing 100871, ChinaSchool of Economics and Management, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, ChinaLockdown measures have been widely used to control and prevent virus transmission in pandemic regions. However, the psychological effects of lockdown measures have been neglected, and the related theoretical research lags behind the practice. The present study aimed to better understand the mechanism of social anxiety in pandemic regions where the lockdown measures were imposed, based on the conceptual framework of the Stimulus-Organism-Response (SOR). For that, this research investigated how lockdown measures and psychological distance influenced social anxiety in the pandemic region. The Chinese national data was analyzed for the outcome. The results showed that (1) psychological distance mediated the relationship between pandemic COVID-19 severity and social anxiety, (2) lockdown measures buffered the detrimental effect of the COVID-19 pandemic severity on social anxiety, (3) lockdown measures moderated the mediation effect of psychological distancing on social anxiety caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In conclusion, under the SOR framework, the lockdown measures had a buffer effect on social anxiety in pandemic regions, with the mediating role of psychological distancing.https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/12/4561lockdown measurespandemic COVID-19anxietySOR model |
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Is Lockdown Bad for Social Anxiety in COVID-19 Regions?: A National Study in The SOR Perspective |
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Is Lockdown Bad for Social Anxiety in COVID-19 Regions?: A National Study in The SOR Perspective |
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Is Lockdown Bad for Social Anxiety in COVID-19 Regions?: A National Study in The SOR Perspective |
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Is Lockdown Bad for Social Anxiety in COVID-19 Regions?: A National Study in The SOR Perspective |
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is lockdown bad for social anxiety in covid-19 regions?: a national study in the sor perspective |
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Lockdown measures have been widely used to control and prevent virus transmission in pandemic regions. However, the psychological effects of lockdown measures have been neglected, and the related theoretical research lags behind the practice. The present study aimed to better understand the mechanism of social anxiety in pandemic regions where the lockdown measures were imposed, based on the conceptual framework of the Stimulus-Organism-Response (SOR). For that, this research investigated how lockdown measures and psychological distance influenced social anxiety in the pandemic region. The Chinese national data was analyzed for the outcome. The results showed that (1) psychological distance mediated the relationship between pandemic COVID-19 severity and social anxiety, (2) lockdown measures buffered the detrimental effect of the COVID-19 pandemic severity on social anxiety, (3) lockdown measures moderated the mediation effect of psychological distancing on social anxiety caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In conclusion, under the SOR framework, the lockdown measures had a buffer effect on social anxiety in pandemic regions, with the mediating role of psychological distancing. |
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