Psychological impact of Covid‐19 pandemic in Brazil

Adaptation and validation of mental impact and distress screening instrument and the sociodemographic profile of impact

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ID10220656
AuthorsVinicius Coscioni (0000-0003-4007-957X, CINEICC, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences University of Coimbra, Portugal and Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul Porto Alegre Brazil), Brenda Fernanda Silva‐Ferraz (Clinical psychologist Federal University of Sergipe São Cristóvão Brazil), Brenda Fernanda Pereira da Silva (0000-0003-1139-0342, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, corresponding author), Gerson Siegmund (Clinical psychologist Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul Porto Alegre Brazil), Luiza Lins (0000-0002-6131-9264, Universidade Federal da Paraíba), Luiza Lins Araújo Costa (Federal University of Paraíba João Pessoa Brazil), Kay Chang (0000-0003-2175-8630, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology University of Macau Taipa China)
Year2022
Volume78
Issue1
Pages227-248
Publication date2022-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Social Issues (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-4537 • E-ISSN: 1540-4560
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/josi.12501
PMID35601053
OpenAlexW4221112020
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited42

The Mental Impact and Distress Scale: COVID‐19 (MIDc) was constructed and validated by one of the first pandemic‐impact research teams in February 2020 and aims to assess psychosocial impacts of the COVID‐19 pandemic. The purpose of the present research was to determine the psychometric properties of the MIDc's Brazilian form and outline a sociodemographic profile of the pandemic's psychosocial impact in a Brazilian sample. Altogether, 1004 Brazilians living in different regions of Brazil completed an online survey. The adapted Brazilian version presented significant validity and reliability as assessed by exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, Cronbach alpha and Spearman‐Brown coefficients, and associations with related psychological measures. Even though the Brazilian version differs from a previous (Macau) version, it contains both anticipation (i.e., the mental engagement processes of managing the unknowns) and modulation (i.e., the mental processes of insulation being activated to maintain a sense of normalcy) factors. Findings indicate greater vulnerability to modulation among younger and female participants. Black participants and those with lower family income were more prone to be economically impacted. Participants living in isolation were more vulnerable to anticipation. Thus, the COVID‐19 pandemic was found to differentially affect gender, ethnic, and social groups in Brazil

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Cronbach's alpha · Distress · Exploratory factor analysis · Geography · Mental health · Pandemic · Psychiatry · Psychometrics · Psychosocial · Scale (ratio · Clinical Psychology · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Psychology

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