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| Published: September 12, 2022
Association Between Pandemic-Related Posttraumatic Stress, Emotion Dysregulation and Alcohol
Ascend-PsyCare, Maharashtra, India
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DIP: 18.01.096.20221003
DOI: 10.25215/1003.096
ABSTRACT
Background: The COVID-19 outbreak has drastically altered people’s lives triggering an array of mental health problems. Psychological distress and emotional turmoil as a result of the pandemic can lead to the manifestation of symptoms of traumatic stress. Posttraumatic stress along with maladaptive emotion regulation can increase the likelihood of alcohol use. Aim: Taking this into consideration, the present study was conducted to examine the associations between pandemic-related posttraumatic stress, emotion dysregulation, and alcohol use. The relationship between these three variables was assessed using a cross-sectional survey design. Methods: The present study was designed as a cross-sectional online survey. Measures of pandemic-related posttraumatic stress, emotion dysregulation and alcohol use were obtained with the help of valid and reliable questionnaires from 75 participants. Results: Emotion dysregulation was significantly associated with pandemic-related posttraumatic stress and alcohol use. Further data analysis revealed that emotion dysregulation among those who had higher posttraumatic stress differed significantly from those who had lower posttraumatic stress. Conclusion: The findings of the present study can be used to inform health policies and campaigns directed at promoting mental wellbeing during the pandemic.
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COVID-19, Pandemic, Emotion Dysregulation, Alcohol Use, Posttraumatic Stress, Mental Health
This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
© 2022, Khanolkar, K.
Received: December 26, 2021; Revision Received: September 04, 2022; Accepted: September 12, 2022
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.096.20221003
10.25215/1003.096
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