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Women Suffered More Emotional and Life Distress than Men during the Covid-19 Pandemic

The Role of Pathogen Disgust Sensitivity

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ID15467397
AuthorsYi Ding (0000-0002-0010-8279, Nanjing Normal University), Jie Yang (0000-0001-6912-4966, Nanjing Normal University), Tingting Ji (0000-0001-7955-5495, Nanjing Normal University, corresponding author), Yongyu Guo (0000-0002-4378-9350, Nanjing Normal University)
Year2021
Volume18
Issue16
Pages8539-8539
Publication date2021-08-12
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph18168539
PMID34444288
OpenAlexW3192560959
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited25

The outbreak of the COVID-19 has brought upon unprecedented challenges to nearly all people around the globe. Yet, people may differ in their risks of social, economic, and health well-being. In this research, we take a gender-difference approach to examine whether and why women suffered greater emotional and life distress than men at the early stage of the COVID-19 outbreak in China. Using a large nationwide Chinese sample, we found that compared to men, women reported higher levels of anxiety and fear, as well as greater life disturbance during the COVID-19 pandemic. Importantly, that women suffered more was partly explained by their higher level of pathogen disgust sensitivity. Our findings highlight the important consequences of gender differences in response to the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic and suggest that policymakers pay more attention to gender inequalities regarding COVID-19 responses

Anger · Anxiety · Anxiety sensitivity · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Disease · Disgust · Distress · Outbreak · Pandemic · Psychiatry · Sociology · Clinical Psychology · Demography · Medicine · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy · Internal Medicine

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