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Assi, M. 
ORCID: 0000-0003-0529-2981, Maatouk, I. ORCID: 0000-0003-1008-7413 and Jaspal, R. ORCID: 0000-0002-8463-9519,
2021.
Depressive and anxious symptomatology in a Lebanese sample during the COVID-19 outbreak.
International Journal of Health Promotion and Education.
ISSN 1463-5240
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Abstract
This study explores the correlates of depressive and anxious symptomatology in a Lebanese sample during the COVID-19 outbreak. A convenience sample of 191 respondents participated in a cross-sectional survey and completed measures of fear of COVID-19, rumination about COVID-19, job insecurity, political trust, depression, and generalized anxiety. Results indicated that political trust was associated with greater wellbeing (manifested as decreased job insecurity, fear of COVID-19, depression, and anxiety). Respondents who reported no compliance with self-isolation measures reported less rumination about COVID-19 and less fear of COVID-19 than those who did. Multiple regression analyses showed that fear of, and rumination about, COVID-19 predicted depressive and anxious symptomatology while political trust was protective against depressive symptomatology only. This study provides a novel perspective on mental health in Lebanon, by focusing on its social and psychological predictors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to political and economic instability in Lebanon, the COVID-19 crisis may have deleterious effects on mental health in the Lebanese population. Internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy is an evidence-based and cost-effective approach to enhancing mental health during the pandemic and may be beneficial in the Lebanese context.
| Item Type: | Journal article | ||||||
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| Publication Title: | International Journal of Health Promotion and Education | ||||||
| Creators: | Assi, M., Maatouk, I. and Jaspal, R. | ||||||
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis (Routledge) | ||||||
| Date: | 8 July 2021 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 1463-5240 | ||||||
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| Rights: | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in [International Journal of Health Promotion and Education on 08/07/2021, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/14635240.2021.1950561 | ||||||
| Divisions: | Schools > School of Social Sciences | ||||||
| Record created by: | Jeremy Silvester | ||||||
| Date Added: | 02 Jul 2021 14:19 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 08 Jul 2022 03:00 | ||||||
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/43299 |
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