A longitudinal model for psychological distress in the COVID-19 crisis among brazilian graduate students

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https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-8623.2021.3.41332

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mental health, COVID-19 pandemic, longitudinal, personality

Abstract

As most evidence for mental health impacts of the COVID-19 crisis is cross-sectional, the present study aimed to analyze the longitudinal development of psychological suffering among 619 Brazilian adults by assessing mental health outcomes and individual factors in two periods: a year before and a month after the break of the pandemic. As major findings, pandemic psychological suffering was directly explained by previous-year suffering, conscientiousness, and pandemic perceived stress, and correlated with pandemic suicidal ideation. Pandemic perceived stress correlated with pandemic psychological distress, and was explained by previous-year suffering, neuroticism, and conscientiousness, as well as by pandemic life satisfaction and perceived pandemic impact. Finally, pandemic suicidal ideation variance was explained by prior ideation and pandemic life satisfaction. These findings are in line with current models of mental health and highlight the importance of integrating both more stable individual factors and more transient variables towards and explanation for mental health outcomes.

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Marcela Mansur-Alves, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.

PhD in Neurosciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. Professor in the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy and Human Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.

Cristiano Mauro Assis Gomes, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.

PhD in Education, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. Professor in the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy and Human Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.

Camila Batista Peixoto, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.

Undergraduate student of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy and Human Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.

Matheus Bortolosso Bocardi, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil

MSc in Cognition and Behavior, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.

Marina Luiza Nunes Diniz, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.

MSc in Cognition and Behavior, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.

Sabrina Kelly Pessoa de Freitas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil

MSc student in Cognition and Behavior, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.

Elder Gomes Pereira, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.

MSc student in Cognition and Behavior, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.

Juliana Alvares-Teodoro, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.

PhD in Public Health, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. Professor in the Department of Social Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.

Pricila Cristina Correa Ribeiro, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.

PhD in Collective Health, Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Professor in the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy and Human Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.

Maycoln Leôni Martins Teodoro, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.

PhD in Developmental and Clinical Psychology, Albert Ludwigs Universität Freiburg, ALUF, Germany. Professor in the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy and Human Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.

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Mansur-Alves, M., Gomes, C. M. A., Peixoto, C. B. ., Bocardi, M. B. ., Diniz, M. L. N., Freitas, S. K. P. de ., … Teodoro, M. L. M. . (2021). A longitudinal model for psychological distress in the COVID-19 crisis among brazilian graduate students. Psico, 52(3), e41332. https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-8623.2021.3.41332

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