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Differential effects of COVID-19 and containment measures on mental health: Evidence from ITA.LI—Italian Lives, the Italian household panel
| العنوان: | Differential effects of COVID-19 and containment measures on mental health: Evidence from ITA.LI—Italian Lives, the Italian household panel |
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| المؤلفون: | Lucchini, Mario, Gerosa, Tiziano, Pancheva, Marta, Pisati, Maurizio, Respi, Chiara, Riva, Egidio |
| المساهمون: | Baggio, Stéphanie, MIUR - Dipartimenti di eccellenza |
| المصدر: | PLOS ONE ; volume 16, issue 11, page e0259989 ; ISSN 1932-6203 |
| بيانات النشر: | Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| المجموعة: | PLOS Publications (via CrossRef) |
| الوصف: | This study used a subsample of a household panel study in Italy to track changes in mental health before the onset of COVID-19 and into the first lockdown period, from late April to early September 2020. The results of the random-effects regression analyses fitted on a sample of respondents aged 16 years and older (N = 897) proved that there was a substantial and statistically significant short-term deterioration in mental health (from 78,5 to 67,9; β = -10.5, p < .001; Cohen’s d -.445), as measured by a composite index derived from the mental component of the 12-item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-12). The findings also showed heterogeneity in the COVID-related effects. On the one hand, evidence has emerged that the pandemic acted as a great leveller of pre-existing differences in mental health across people of different ages: the decrease was most pronounced among those aged 16–34 (from 84,2 to 66,5; β = -17.7, p < .001; Cohen’s d -.744); however, the magnitude of change reduced as age increased and turned to be non-significant among individuals aged 70 and over. On the other hand, the COVID-19 emergency widened the mental health gender gap and created new inequalities, based on the age of the youngest child being taken care of within the household. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0259989 |
| الاتاحة: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259989 https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259989 |
| Rights: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.4EC7FF6 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0259989 |
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