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Goodwin, Robin, Wiwattanapantuwong, Juthatip, Tuicomepee, Arunya, Suttiwan, Panrapee and Watakakosol, Rewadee (2020) Anxiety and public responses to covid-19 : early data from Thailand. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 129 . pp. 118-121. doi:10.1016/j.jpsychires.2020.06.026 ISSN 0022-3956.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2020.06.026
Abstract
Any new pandemic has the potential to arouse considerable anxiety, with this anxiety associated in previous work with economic disruption and societal disruption. We examined anxiety, symptom awareness, trust and associated behavioural responses in the first three weeks of the SARS-CoV-2 (covid-19) outbreak in Thailand. We collected data on-street at randomly selected locations in Bangkok. Of 274 potential respondents, 203 (74.7%) responded. A four-item measure assessed anxiety, with open-ended questions assessing knowledge of symptoms, trusted information sources and measures taken to avoid infection. Respondents reported good awareness of the prime symptoms of the Coronovirus. Binary logistic regressions controlling for sex and age found the more anxious avoided the Chinese, people who were coughing, crowded places and public transport or flying. Younger respondents reported greater trust in foreign media and older populations information from national government. Trust in doctors online was positively associated with handwashing, avoidance of coughing people and keeping fit; trust in national government with avoiding coughing people, keeping fit, avoiding public transport and avoiding Chinese people. We conclude that anxiety can motivate both desirable and undesirable behaviours during pandemic outbreaks. Effective and targeted communication by trusted sources is needed to motivate preventive actions but also limit unnecessary or disruptive behaviours.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Distress (Psychology), COVID-19 (Disease) -- Thailand, Stigma (Social psychology) | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Psychiatric Research | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Pergamon | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0022-3956 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | October 2020 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 129 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 118-121 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2020.06.026 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 2 July 2020 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 30 July 2021 | ||||||||
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