TY - JOUR
AU - Chen, Yiyi
AU - Jones, Colin Anthony
AU - Dunse, Neil
PY - 2021
DA - March
TI - Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Psychological Distress in China: Does Neighbourhood Matter?
JO - Science of the Total Environment
VL - 759
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144203
AB - Using individual data (n=937) obtained from an online questionnaire between 20th January and 13th February, the early stage of the outbreak of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in 2020, we explore the direct association between people’s perceptions of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and psychological distress. We further examine the moderating role of neighbourhood environment and this distress. We find that people living in infected communities tend to perceive higher level of psychological distress compared to people living in uninfected communities. People’s expected duration of COVID-19 is associated with higher psychological distress and this is partially moderated by the perception of neighbourhood noise level and overall environment quality. Additional results quantify the evidence that a quiet and well maintained neighbourhood environment could reduce the negative influences of expectation of a long duration of COVID-19 on people’s psychological distress.
PB - Elsevier
UR - https://researchportal.hw.ac.uk/en/publications/f37a1039-7016-473d-8a8f-7fe947939816
KW - Coronavirus (COVID-19)
KW - Environment, community and place
KW - Mental health and wellbeing
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