dc.contributor.author | Cipolletta, Sabrina | |
dc.contributor.author | Tomaino, S.C.M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Rivest-Beauregard, Marjolaine | |
dc.contributor.author | Sapkota, Ram P. | |
dc.contributor.author | Brunet, Alain | |
dc.contributor.author | Winter, David | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-01-04T12:15:01Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-01-04T12:15:01Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022-10-12 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Cipolletta , S , Tomaino , S C M , Rivest-Beauregard , M , Sapkota , R P , Brunet , A & Winter , D 2022 , ' Narratives of the worst experiences associated with peritraumatic distress during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed method study in the USA and Italy. ' , European Journal of Psychotraumatology , vol. 13 , no. 2 . https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2022.2129359 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2299/25977 | |
dc.description | © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. | |
dc.description.abstract | Background: Although symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have been associated with the COVID-19 pandemic experiences, no study has explored yet the association of specific COVID-19 narratives with peritraumatic distress, the precursor of PTSD. Objective: To explore the worst experiences associated with peritraumatic distress during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: Adult residents (N = 1098), from the US (n = 741) and Italy (n = 357), completed an online survey including socio-demographic data, COVID-19-related experiences, the Peritraumatic Distress Inventory and an open question on their worst experiences during the first period of the COVID-19 pandemic (April–May 2020). A thematic content analysis(TCA) was conducted on the answers to the open question and a classification and regression tree (CART) analysis was used to identify the themes that best predicted the clinical levels of peritraumatic distress. Results: The main TCA themes related to participants’ worst COVID-19 experiences were anxiety, threat, loss, anger, stress and constriction. Threat was the most prevalent theme and correlated with experiences such as being quarantined, being infected and a loved one receiving the diagnosis. US participants’ descriptions of their worst experiences related more to life-threat and loss, while Italians reported more threat to the world, stress, social isolation, and feeling trapped. In the CART analysis, the main predictor (79.9%) was perceiving negative effects from the COVID-19 crisis. Among them, a COVID-related threat to self-experience was the most robust predictor. In its absence, being deprived of resources or experiencing high levels of anxiety were other robust predictors. Conclusions: The study provided evidence of the utility of a mixed-method approach in conceptualizing experiences associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and the risk of traumatic symptoms. Its findings may inform healthcare interventions and policies for tackling the new challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. | en |
dc.format.extent | 13 | |
dc.format.extent | 2031470 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | European Journal of Psychotraumatology | |
dc.title | Narratives of the worst experiences associated with peritraumatic distress during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed method study in the USA and Italy. | en |
dc.contributor.institution | Centre for Research in Psychology and Sport Sciences | |
dc.contributor.institution | School of Life and Medical Sciences | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | |
rioxxterms.versionofrecord | 10.1080/20008066.2022.2129359 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | |
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