Common Factors of Stress Change under the First COVID-19 Outbreak as Observed in Four Global Cities

Sustainability

Yasuto Hayashi¹  Kazuki Kobayashi²  Yuki Arai³  Misato Uehara³  Makoto Fujii⁴ 

[1] Research Center for Social Systems, Shinshu University, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan;Research Center for Social Systems, Shinshu University, Nagano 380-8553, Japan;Research Center for Social Systems, Shinshu University, Nagano 399-4598, Japan;Tonich Engineering Consultant, Osaka 530-0028, Japan;

关键词: SARS-CoV-2;    resilience;    walking;    activity-range;    urban;    multivariate analysis;   

DOI  :  10.3390/su13115996

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Research focusing on stress change comparing before and after being affected by the first COVID-19 outbreak is still limited. This study examined the model between the stress changes during the first COVID-19 outbreak and social attributes (age, sex, occupation, etc.) among residents of four cities around the globe. We obtained 741 valid responses from the residents of London (11.5%), New York (13.8%), Amsterdam (11.7%), and Tokyo (53.4%), through a web-based questionnaire survey conducted in collaboration with a private research firm. We identified 16 statistically significant variables out of 36 explanatory variables, which explained a significant stress change compared to the pre-outbreak period. This result showed that whether living alone or not and the number of times going out for walk or jogging during the first COVID-19 outbreak were the explanatory variables with higher significance for the reduced stress. In addition, those who lived in a place different from their hometowns, who were dissatisfied with their work or their family relationships were more stressed, with statistically significant differences.

【 授权许可】

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