Impactos da COVID-19, isolamento social e sofrimento psíquico: Fatores mediadores

Abstract

Covid-19 is a respiratory infection of which one of the protective measures is social distancing, with limited social relationships, the potential for producing psychological distress is increased, so, to avoid important impacts on the mental health of populations, it is essential to understand such as isolation, the perception of loneliness, and other intra- and inter-psychic factors, produce symptoms of psychological distress and anxiety. For this, it is important to investigate the impact of physical isolation and its consequences, the mediating effect of intrapsychic factors (different coping strategies, loneliness, and imprisonment), on anxiety and symptoms of common mental disorders, as well as identifying the repertoire of emic sense/meaning attributed to this nature of isolation. This is an observational, prospective, cohort study, using quantitative research linked to qualitative research, data were collected through an online questionnaire and subsequently subjective response, a cognitive free writing task. In absolute terms, people who adhered to social isolation more strictly had more symptoms of common mental disorders and reported greater anxiety about disease symptoms. Furthermore, they reported subjective feelings of loneliness.