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Siegert, R.J., Narayanan, A., Dipnall, J., Gossage, L., Wrapson, W., Sumich, A. 
ORCID: 0000-0003-4333-8442, Merien, F., Berk, M., Paterson, J. and Tautolo, E.-S.,
2022.
Depression, anxiety and worry in young Pacific adults in New Zealand during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry.
ISSN 0004-8674
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Abstract
Objective: To measure symptoms of anxiety, depression and hopelessness in a sample of young Pacific adults living in Auckland, New Zealand during the 2020/2021 COVID-19 pandemic and identify protective factors.
Methods: Participants were 267 Pacific adults (58% female) who completed a survey online. Analyses included descriptive statistics, correlations, linear regression and symptom network analysis.
Results: Around 25% of the sample scored in the range for moderate to severe anxiety and 10% for moderate to severe depression on standard measures. Almost 40% indicated that they found the first lockdown very stressful and 55% noted that some members of their family found it stressful. Only 16% worried about COVID-19 and their future quite a bit or constantly, while another 25% worried sometimes. Self-compassion and Pacific Identity had moderate, negative correlations, and Worry about COVID-19 had weak positive correlations, with anxiety, depression, hopelessness and perceived stress.
Conclusion: These results suggest that, while the prevalence of depression and anxiety are quite high among this population, fostering ethnic identity and self-compassion in Pacific children and adolescents might protect against developing depression and anxiety.
| Item Type: | Journal article | ||||||
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| Publication Title: | Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry | ||||||
| Creators: | Siegert, R.J., Narayanan, A., Dipnall, J., Gossage, L., Wrapson, W., Sumich, A., Merien, F., Berk, M., Paterson, J. and Tautolo, E.-S. | ||||||
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications | ||||||
| Date: | 11 August 2022 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 0004-8674 | ||||||
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| Divisions: | Schools > School of Social Sciences | ||||||
| Record created by: | Jeremy Silvester | ||||||
| Date Added: | 21 Oct 2022 09:41 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 21 Oct 2022 09:41 | ||||||
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/47290 |
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