[{"key":"dc.contributor.author","value":"Yunus, Fakir Md.","language":null},{"key":"dc.contributor.author","value":"Livet, Audrey","language":null},{"key":"dc.contributor.author","value":"Mahmoud, Aram","language":null},{"key":"dc.contributor.author","value":"Moore, Mackenzie","language":null},{"key":"dc.contributor.author","value":"Murphy, Clayton B.","language":null},{"key":"dc.contributor.author","value":"Nogueira-Arjona, Raquel","language":null},{"key":"dc.contributor.author","value":"Thompson, Kara","language":null},{"key":"dc.contributor.author","value":"Keough, Matthew T.","language":null},{"key":"dc.contributor.author","value":"Krank, Marvin","language":null},{"key":"dc.contributor.author","value":"Conrod, Patricia J.","language":null},{"key":"dc.contributor.author","value":"Stewart, Sherry H.","language":null},{"key":"dc.date.accessioned","value":"2024-01-03T20:51:51Z","language":null},{"key":"dc.date.available","value":"2024-01-03T20:51:51Z","language":null},{"key":"dc.date.issued","value":"2022-11-30","language":null},{"key":"dc.identifier","value":"10.3390\/psych4040069","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.identifier.citation","value":"Psych 4 (4): 934-951 (2022)","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.identifier.uri","value":"http:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/2429\/87055","language":null},{"key":"dc.description.abstract","value":"We investigated whether anxiety sensitivity (AS) is associated with increased distress and adherence to public health guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic among undergraduates, and whether increased distress mediates the relationship between AS and increased adherence. An online cross-sectional survey was conducted with 1318 first- and second-year undergraduates (mean age of 19.2 years; 79.5% females) from five Canadian universities. Relevant subscales of the Substance Use Risk Profile Scale (SURPS) and the Big Five Inventory-10 (BFI-10) were used to assess AS and neuroticism. Three measures tapped distress: the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) for depressive symptoms, the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) for anxiety symptoms, and the Brief COVID-19 Stress Scales (CSS-B) for COVID-19-specific distress. The COVID-19 Adherence scale (CAD) assessed adherence to COVID-19 containment measures. AS was significantly independently associated with higher general distress (both anxiety and depressive symptoms) and higher COVID-19-specific distress, after controlling age, sex, study site, and neuroticism. Moreover, AS indirectly predicted greater adherence to COVID-19 preventive measures through higher COVID-19-specific distress. Interventions targeting higher AS might be helpful for decreasing both general and COVID-19-specific distress, whereas interventions targeting lower AS might be helpful for increasing adherence to public health containment strategies, in undergraduates.","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.language.iso","value":"eng","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.publisher","value":"Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.rights","value":"CC BY 4.0","language":null},{"key":"dc.rights.uri","value":"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/","language":null},{"key":"dc.subject","value":"personality traits","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.subject","value":"undergraduate students","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.subject","value":"COVID-19 pandemic","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.subject","value":"distress","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.subject","value":"adherence","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.title","value":"Is Anxiety Sensitivity Associated with COVID-19 Related Distress and Adherence among Emerging Adults?","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.type","value":"Text","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.type.text","value":"Article","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.description.affiliation","value":"Arts and Social Sciences, Irving K. Barber Faculty of (Okanagan)","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.description.affiliation","value":"Non UBC","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.description.affiliation","value":"Psychology, Department of (Okanagan)","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.description.reviewstatus","value":"Reviewed","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.description.scholarlevel","value":"Faculty","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.description.scholarlevel","value":"Researcher","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.description.scholarlevel","value":"Graduate","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.date.updated","value":"2022-12-22T14:35:23Z","language":null}]