Psychological, Behavioral, and Interpersonal Effects and Clinical Implications for Health Systems of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic: A Call for Research

Frontiers in Psychology

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Gianluca Castelnuovo¹  Andrea De Giorgio³  Gian Mauro Manzoni¹  Darren C. Treadway⁴  Changiz Mohiyeddini⁵ 

[1] Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, Psychology Research Laboratory, Ospedale San Giuseppe;Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Milan;Faculty of Psychology, eCampus University;Daemen College, United States;Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, United States

关键词: coronavirus;    COVID-19;    pandemic;    clinical psychology;    health psychology;    mass reactions;    resilience;    emergency strategies;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2020.02146

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) emerged at the end of 2019 and was classified as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11, 2020. Both the COVID-19 emergency and the extraordinary measures to contain it have negatively affected the life of billions of people and have threatened individuals and nations. One of the main goals of clinical and health psychology during this pandemic is to investigate the behavioral, cognitive, emotional, and psychobiological responses to the COVID-19 emergency as well as to the preventive measures that have been imposed by governments to limit the contagion, such as social isolation. Psychological research has the responsibility to deliver sound empirical evidence to inform public health policies and to support and advise governments and policymakers in their introduction of sustainable, feasible, and cost-efficient prevention and intervention guidelines. Hence, the goal of this call for research is to stimulate theoretical discussions and empirical investigations on the bio-psycho-social impacts of COVID-19 for individuals, groups, and nations. We invite contributions that address the challenges that the COVID-19 emergency has imposed on couples, families, and social systems. In addition, we call for studies that assess the specific effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on highly vulnerable populations such as children, adolescents, pregnant women, patients suffering from chronic and life-threatening conditions, healthcare workers, and elderly citizens. Papers focusing on the impact of emotion regulation and coping strategies are encouraged. Original research, data reports, study protocols, single case reports and community case studies, theoretical perspectives, and viewpoints are invited to help improve our understanding of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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