Mental health concerns of people impacted by the coronavirus pandemic have not been adequately addressed. The objective this study was to develop and evaluate properties Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS), which is a brief mental screener identify probable cases dysfunctional anxiety associated with COVID-19 crisis. This 5-item scale, based on 775 adults over coronavirus, demonstrated solid reliability validity. Elevated CAS scores were found be diagnosis, impairment, alcohol/drug coping,...

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Abstract Opinion poll research suggests that a significant number of Westerners hold negative and fearful perceptions toward Muslims their religion. Although evidence Islamophobia has been documented in studies, no psychometrically based, multifaceted measure focuses exclusively on fear related attitudes is not confounded with particular group currently exists the scientific literature. The authors this study describe development psychometric properties Scale, which measures cognitive...

Millions of people are grieving the loss someone who died COVID-19. However, there have been no screening tools developed to identify individuals may be suffering from dysfunctional grief during pandemic. Therefore, objective this study was develop and evaluate properties Pandemic Grief Scale (PGS), which is a brief mental health screener probable cases associated with COVID-19 death. This 5-item scale, based on 831 adults lost COVID-19, demonstrated solid reliability (αs = 0.86), factorial...

The COVID-19 pandemic has generated a rise in psychological distress worldwide. Although fear appears to be major contributing factor, there been no systematic research determine which specific facets of predict psychopathology during the coronavirus crisis. present study is first examine factors uniquely clinical levels depressive symptoms and generalized anxiety. Data were collected from 256 adults United States recruited Amazon's Mechanical Turk (MTurk) pandemic. results logistic...

Abstract The purpose of this research was to examine the relationship between malevolent creativity and personality, with a specific focus on traits antagonism, aggression, sympathy. Participants (N = 265) completed series personality measures two divergent thinking tasks (uses for brick pencil). Responses were coded fluency creativity. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses revealed that gender, conscientiousness, trait physical aggression accounted unique variability in scores. These...

In response to the current COVID-19 pandemic, Obsession with scale (OCS) and Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS) were developed as screening tools for dysfunctional anxiety associated coronavirus. These scales have not yet been validated in East Asia. The present study examined validity of OCS CAS a sample 329 Korean adults. We found that OCS-Korean CAS-Korean showed good psychometric properties construct validity. Developing such valid across different cultures is vital health practitioners...

The Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS) is among the first few published screening tools for assessing dysfunctional anxiety induced by current COVID-19 pandemic. CAS was translated into Bangla language following International Test Commission's guidelines this adaptation study and placed in an online survey (

This study examined core belief violation and meaning making as mechanisms mediating the relationship between adherence to social isolation policies for mitigating coronavirus transmission reduced anxiety (CA). Adherence (social distancing, sheltering in place, cessation of long-distance travel), use nonsocial precautionary measures (handwashing, wearing a mask), violation, made COVID pandemic, CA were assessed sample 408 North Americans. Process analysis revealed that adhering predicted...

The COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with significant social changes due to legislative and public health requirements, has changed the way in which people experience grief. We examined whether dysfunctional grief symptoms, disrupted meaning, risk factors, functional impairment differed between bereaved from other natural or violent causes this same period. A sample of 409 participants (67.73% male; M = 37.54 years) completed an online survey June 2021. There were no statistically differences...

This study examined the relationship between reactions of bereaved to conditions pandemic and severity their grief levels impairment. A total 831 American adults who lost a loved one COVID-19 responded validated measures dysfunctional functional impairment, as well items assessing unique complications associated with (e.g. resentment toward doctors, social isolation). In combination, circumstantial risk factors accounted for 59% variance in impairment fully 71% grief, leading development an...

The present study examined the validity of coronaphobia phenomenon with healthcare professionals using a psychometric approach. Using SurveyMonkey, an adapted version Coronavirus Anxiety Scale-Healthcare (CAS-HC) was administered to 231 adult in Mexico. Confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated that dysfunctional coronavirus anxiety symptoms cohered into reliable, single structure coronaphobia. A receiver operating characteristic curve indicated classification features CAS-HC were strong,...

The neurophysiologic basis of near death experience (NDE) is unknown. Clinical observations suggest that REM state intrusion contributes to NDE. Support for the hypothesis follows five lines evidence: during wakefulness a frequent normal occurrence, underlies other clinical conditions, NDE elements can be explained by intrusion, cardiorespiratory afferents evoke and persons with an may have arousal system predisposing intrusion. To investigate predisposition life-time prevalence was studied...

As fear and anxiety rates increase during the COVID-19 crisis, need to study screen treat vulnerable populations is vitally important. Accordingly, Coronavirus Anxiety Scale, a mental health screener of coronaphobia, has been created aid this effort. The results replication analysis reported here support diagnostic psychometric properties pandemic-related screener. Considerations scale's use are also discussed.

The aim of this research was to examine core belief violation and disrupted meaning making as primary cognitive processes regulating mental health during the pandemic. study tested hypothesis that both these function mediating mechanisms, accounting for adverse effects multiple pandemic stressors.A survey design (N = 2380) assessed demographic variables associated with poor (gender, age, ethnicity, education), direct COVID stressors (diagnosis, death), indirect (unemployment, increased...

Research has shown that the tendency for emotional affect to fade more over time unpleasant events than pleasant events, known as Fading Affect Bias (FAB), increased across 3-month, 9-month and 4.5-year intervals. The current study attempted determine temporal locus of FAB using data set by Walker et al. well two additional sets. All three sets showed was present after 1 day persisted 3 months, even though affective fading initially slightly time. Moreover, third occurring on test day....

Past research has demonstrated negative religious coping's relation to dysfunctional moods during bereavement, but no study examined influence on emotion processes tied loss. A total of 99 college students who had experienced a loss provided demographics and measures social desirability, religiousness, spirituality, neuroticism, two forms coping. Participants also completed Loss Interview (LI) that was designed elicit grief by discussing memories the deceased. were asked evaluate their...

The Persistent Complex Bereavement Inventory (PCBI) was developed to facilitate research into the construct of persistent complex bereavement disorder (PCBD). Across 2 studies, PCBI yielded a stable 3-factor structure that corresponded with DSM-5 criteria for PCBD. demonstrated solid reliability in forms internal consistency and test-retest reliability. Correlation analyses provided evidence measure's construct, convergent, divergent validity. predicted outcomes, above beyond measures...