Adult Mental Health and Loneliness During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Late 2020

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dc.contributor.authorOksuz, Elif Emir
dc.contributor.authorKalkan, Bilal
dc.contributor.authorCan, Nesime
dc.contributor.authorHaktanir, Abdulkadir
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-23T14:16:39Z
dc.date.available2024-02-23T14:16:39Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.departmentNEÜen_US
dc.description.abstractAbstract. The COVID-19 pandemic had an adverse impact on the mental health of numerous people. To examine the psychological status of the general public across Turkey during the COVID-19 pandemic, we collected data from 1,109 adults, ages ranging from 18 to 72 years. We used a demographic questionnaire, the Symptom Checklist-90-R (SCL-90-R), and the abbreviated version of the UCLA Loneliness Scale. The mean score of the participants on the SCL-90-R was 1.14 (SD = .78), and 16% of the participants scored 1 standard deviation above the mean. Some groups, including women and students, showed more severe psychological symptoms. The obsessive-compulsiveness, interpersonal sensitivity, and depression subscales had the highest three mean scores. We compared the SCL-90-R scores to previous study results and found a significant increase during the pandemic. Finally, individual stressors, COVID-19-related stressors, and perceived loneliness were found to be significant predictors, explaining 31% of the variance in psychological symptoms. Although collecting data online through self-report inventories limits the generalizability of the results, this study has important implications. Its results suggest that future clinical interventions should focus on obsessive-compulsiveness, interpersonal sensitivity, and depression among specific risk groups.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1024/2673-8627/a000001
dc.identifier.endpage30en_US
dc.identifier.issn2673-8627
dc.identifier.issue1.Şuben_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85116485019en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3en_US
dc.identifier.startpage18en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1024/2673-8627/a000001
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12452/12747
dc.identifier.volume80en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000701397500004en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherHogrefe Ag-Hogrefe Ag Suisseen_US
dc.relation.ispartofEuropean Journal Of Psychology Openen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectPublic Mental Healthen_US
dc.subjectScl-90-Ren_US
dc.subjectLonelinessen_US
dc.subjectCovid-19en_US
dc.subjectPsychological Symptomsen_US
dc.titleAdult Mental Health and Loneliness During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Late 2020en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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