Network analysis of PTSD in college students across different areas after the COVID-19 epidemic
Background: Various studies have examined the psychological ‘typhoon eye’ and ‘ripple’ effects in mental disorders following COVID-19. However, these studies only considered the disorders as entities and assessed severity, and overlooked the differences in specific symptoms of disorders. Objectives:...
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| description | Background: Various studies have examined the psychological ‘typhoon eye’ and ‘ripple’ effects in mental disorders following COVID-19. However, these studies only considered the disorders as entities and assessed severity, and overlooked the differences in specific symptoms of disorders. Objectives: This aim of the study is to assess the psychological typhoon eye and ripple effects at the symptom-level in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which is considered as a common psychopathology following the COVID-19 epidemic. Method: In total, 1150 undergraduates, including 271 students from the Hubei province (e.g. epidemic centre) and 879 students from other provinces, completed the self-report questionnaire. The networks were estimated and compared using the R packages. Results: Although the PTSD networks of Hubei and non-Hubei undergraduates were similarly connected and shared some symptoms with high centrality (e.g. flashbacks, irritability and anger), there were differences across the networks. Distorted cognition and no positive emotion only exhibited high centrality in the Hubei network. Physiological responses and exaggerated startle only exhibited high centrality in the non-Hubei network. Conclusion: These findings suggested that the psychological typhoon eye and ripple effects may co-exist at the symptom level. Targeted and distinct psychological services for college students in Hubei and non-Hubei provinces should be emphasized following COVID-19. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-986f08fa5bb64c998c2f0a826e87575f2023-04-18T14:59:09ZengTaylor & Francis GroupEuropean Journal of Psychotraumatology2000-80662021-01-0112110.1080/20008198.2021.19202031920203Network analysis of PTSD in college students across different areas after the COVID-19 epidemicRui Sun0Junjun Qi1Jiali Huang2Xiao Zhou3Zhejiang UniversityZhejiang UniversityZhejiang UniversityZhejiang UniversityBackground: Various studies have examined the psychological ‘typhoon eye’ and ‘ripple’ effects in mental disorders following COVID-19. However, these studies only considered the disorders as entities and assessed severity, and overlooked the differences in specific symptoms of disorders. Objectives: This aim of the study is to assess the psychological typhoon eye and ripple effects at the symptom-level in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which is considered as a common psychopathology following the COVID-19 epidemic. Method: In total, 1150 undergraduates, including 271 students from the Hubei province (e.g. epidemic centre) and 879 students from other provinces, completed the self-report questionnaire. The networks were estimated and compared using the R packages. Results: Although the PTSD networks of Hubei and non-Hubei undergraduates were similarly connected and shared some symptoms with high centrality (e.g. flashbacks, irritability and anger), there were differences across the networks. Distorted cognition and no positive emotion only exhibited high centrality in the Hubei network. Physiological responses and exaggerated startle only exhibited high centrality in the non-Hubei network. Conclusion: These findings suggested that the psychological typhoon eye and ripple effects may co-exist at the symptom level. Targeted and distinct psychological services for college students in Hubei and non-Hubei provinces should be emphasized following COVID-19.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2021.1920203covid-19posttraumatic stress disordernetwork analysis |
| spellingShingle | Rui Sun Junjun Qi Jiali Huang Xiao Zhou Network analysis of PTSD in college students across different areas after the COVID-19 epidemic European Journal of Psychotraumatology covid-19 posttraumatic stress disorder network analysis |
| title | Network analysis of PTSD in college students across different areas after the COVID-19 epidemic |
| title_full | Network analysis of PTSD in college students across different areas after the COVID-19 epidemic |
| title_fullStr | Network analysis of PTSD in college students across different areas after the COVID-19 epidemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Network analysis of PTSD in college students across different areas after the COVID-19 epidemic |
| title_short | Network analysis of PTSD in college students across different areas after the COVID-19 epidemic |
| title_sort | network analysis of ptsd in college students across different areas after the covid 19 epidemic |
| topic | covid-19 posttraumatic stress disorder network analysis |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2021.1920203 |
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