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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Emotional and Behavioral Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Health Anxiety, Intolerance of Uncertainty, and Distress (In)Tolerance.

Stefanie M. JungmannMichael WitthöftKaroline Sophie Sauer

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AdultMale050103 clinical psychologysafety behaviorsCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Health Toxicology and MutagenesisPneumonia Virallcsh:Medicinevirus anxietyAnxietyPsychological DistressArticle03 medical and health sciencesMental distress0302 clinical medicineGermanyPandemicHealth careSafety behaviorsintolerance of uncertaintyMedicineHumans0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesPandemicsbusiness.industry05 social scienceslcsh:RPublic Health Environmental and Occupational HealthUncertaintyCOVID-19Middle AgedMental healthDistresshealth anxietyAnxietyFemaledistress tolerancemedicine.symptombusinessCoronavirus InfectionsAttitude to Health030217 neurology & neurosurgeryClinical psychology

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The COVID-19 pandemic represents a worldwide threat to mental health. To optimize the allocation of health care resources, research on specific vulnerability factors, such as health anxiety, intolerance of uncertainty, and distress (in)tolerance, and particularly their effect on the time course of SARS-CoV-2 related anxiety appears crucial for supporting high risk groups suffering from elevated mental distress during the pandemic. N = 887 participants (78.4% female

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2020-10-03International journal of environmental research and public health
10.3390/ijerph17197241https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33022993