The Impact of Perceived Vulnerability to Disease and Social Isolation on Mental Wellbeing

Cloke, A. and Hill, K. (2021) The Impact of Perceived Vulnerability to Disease and Social Isolation on Mental Wellbeing. Psychtalk. 98, pp. 1-8.

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Abstract:

In-light of the COVID-19 outbreak, the UK government has enforced a number of nationwide and local lockdowns to tackle the COVID-19 outbreak. Due to limited existing research, the current study aimed to explore the impact of social isolation and perceived vulnerability to disease on an individual’s well-being during the covid-19 pandemic. 29 male (N = 10) and female (N = 19) participants took part in a questionnaire based study distributed through social media. A regression analysis identified that 65% of a person’s mental wellbeing could be predicted by both social isolation (-.786) and perceived vulnerability to disease (-.386). Findings have important implications for understanding and improving the general public’s wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic, as discussed subsequently.

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Cloke, A. and Hill, K.

Publisher:

British Psychological Society

Faculties, Divisions and Institutes:

Faculties > Faculty of Health & Society > Psychology
Research Centres > Centre for Psychology and Social Sciences

Date:

13 January 2021

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Publication

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pp. 1-8

Journal or Publication Title:

Psychtalk

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Language:

English

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Published / Disseminated

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