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Mireille Guerrier

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Prevalence and correlates of depression during the COVID-19 pandemic and the major role of stigmatization in low- and middle-income countries: A mult…

2021

Highlights • There are significant differences on the prevalence of depression between the four LMICs. • Stigmatization related to COVID-19, but not exposure to COVID-19 was the strongest predictor of depression. • Resilience was a protective factor for DR Congo and Togo. • Younger age, gender (female), and exposure and stigmatization related to Covid-19, and resilience were associated with depression in the pooled data.

AdultMaleSocial stigmaCross-sectional studymedia_common.quotation_subjectSocial StigmaAnxietyStigmatizationArticle03 medical and health sciencesYoung Adult0302 clinical medicineEnvironmental healthPandemicPrevalenceMedicineHumansYoung adultPandemicsPovertyDepression (differential diagnoses)Biological Psychiatrymedia_commonStereotypingPovertyResiliencebusiness.industryDepressionSARS-CoV-2RwandaCOVID-19Middle AgedMental healthDR Congo Haiti Rwanda and TogoHaiti030227 psychiatryPsychiatry and Mental healthCross-Sectional StudiesMental HealthTogoDemocratic Republic of the CongoIncomeEducational StatusFemalePsychological resiliencebusiness030217 neurology & neurosurgeryPsychiatry Research
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The Transcultural Community Resilience Scale: Psychometric Properties and Multinational Validity in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021

Few instruments assess community resilience. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the capacity of communities to support resilience of members deserves to be assessed to develop programs for improving mental health of affected populations. This article presents the development of the Transcultural-Community Resilience Scale (T-CRS), its underlying factorial structure and transcultural validity with a multilingual (English, French, Creole, Kinyarwanda), multinational (DR Congo, Haiti, Rwanda, Togo) and multicultural sample affected by this pandemic. A sample of 1,267 participants (40.9% women) were recruited in the four countries: DRC (n = 626, 43.4% women), Haiti (n = 225, 42.0% women), R…

Community resiliencemedia_common.quotation_subjectConcurrent validityCorrectionConstruct validityContext (language use)Brief Research ReportMental healthConfirmatory factor analysisBF1-990multinational sampleCronbach's alphadepressionmultinational validationPsychologyPsychological resiliencemultilingual samplePsychologyTranscultural Community Resilience Scale psychometric propertiesGeneral PsychologyClinical psychologymedia_commonFrontiers in Psychology
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Frequency and correlates of anxiety symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic in low- and middle-income countries: A multinational study

2021

Objective Studies have documented the significant direct and indirect psychological, social, and economic consequences of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in many countries but little is known on its impact in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) already facing difficult living conditions and having vulnerable health systems that create anxiety in individuals for themselves and their loved ones. Using a multinational convenience sample from four LMICs (DR Congo, Haiti, Rwanda, and Togo), this study aims to explore the prevalence of anxiety symptoms and associated risk and protective factors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods A total of 1222 individuals (40.9% of women) complet…

AdultMaleHealth Knowledge Attitudes PracticeSocial stigmamedia_common.quotation_subjectShort CommunicationSocial StigmaDeveloping countryAnxietyStigmatizationExposure03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineRisk FactorsEnvironmental healthPandemicPrevalencemedicineHumansDeveloping CountriesBiological PsychiatryLow- and Middle-Income Countriesmedia_commonCommunity resilienceResiliencebusiness.industryRwanda1. No povertyCOVID-19Middle AgedProtective FactorsResilience PsychologicalMental healthHaiti3. Good health030227 psychiatryPsychiatry and Mental healthCongoTogoAnxietyFemaleHealth educationPsychological resiliencemedicine.symptombusiness030217 neurology & neurosurgeryJournal of Psychiatric Research
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