COVID-19 Peritraumatic Distress and Loneliness in Chinese Residents in North America: The Role of Contraction Worry

Andrea D. Y. Lee, Peizhong Peter Wang, Weiguo Zhang and Lixia Yang
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Andrea D. Y. Lee: Department of Psychology, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada
Peizhong Peter Wang: Division of Community Health and Humanities, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL A1B 3V6, Canada
Weiguo Zhang: Department of Sociology, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6, Canada
Lixia Yang: Department of Psychology, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 13, 1-15

Abstract: The current study examined the association of COVID-19 contraction worry for self and for family members with COVID-19 peritraumatic distress and loneliness in Chinese residents in North America. A sample of 943 Chinese residents (immigrants, citizens, visitors, and international students) in North America completed a cross-sectional online survey during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic (between January and February 2021). Univariate analysis of variance (ANOVA) models identified possible sociodemographic variables that were included in the subsequent hierarchical regression models. According to the hierarchical regression models, self-contraction worry was significantly associated with both COVID-19 peritraumatic distress (B = −4.340, p < 0.001) and loneliness (B = −0.771, p = 0.006) after controlling for related sociodemographic covariates; however, family-contraction worry was not significantly associated with the outcome variables. Additionally, poorer health status and experienced discrimination significantly predicted higher COVID-19 peritraumatic distress, whereas poorer health status and perceived discrimination significantly predicted increased loneliness. The results highlighted the detrimental impacts of self-contraction worry on peritraumatic distress and loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic in Chinese residents in North America.

Keywords: COVID-19 peritraumatic distress; loneliness; contraction worry; Chinese residents; COVID-19 pandemic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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