Acta Psychologica Sinica ›› 2020, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (7): 886-894.doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1041.2020.00886
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Shifeng LI, Yiling WU, Fumin ZHANG, Qiongying XU(), Aibao ZHOU()
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2020-02-10
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2020-07-25
Online:
2020-05-25
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Qiongying XU,Aibao ZHOU
E-mail:xuqiongying@nwnu.edu.cn;zhouab@nwnu.edu.cn
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Shifeng LI, Yiling WU, Fumin ZHANG, Qiongying XU, Aibao ZHOU. (2020). Self-affirmation buffering by the general public reduces anxiety levels during the COVID-19 epidemic. Acta Psychologica Sinica, 52(7), 886-894.
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Figure 1. Notes on the development of the epidemic from January 22 to February 9, 2020. The data is from the official website of the National Health Commission of China.
Variable | Self-affirmation Group (n = 96) | Control Group (n = 91) | F (1, 185) | partial η2 |
---|---|---|---|---|
M (SD) | M (SD) | |||
Sex(male/female) a | 35/61 | 34/57 | 0.016 | - |
Age | 24.14(7.56) | 23.81(7.25) | 0.767 | 0.000 |
Educational levels | 4.78(1.22) | 4.85(1.07) | 0.700 | 0.001 |
Household income | 3.79(1.81) | 3.99(1.85) | 0.462 | 0.003 |
AnxietyT1 | 32.91(6.35) | 32.54(6.56) | 0.698 | 0.001 |
DepressionT1 | 7.57(7.28) | 7.84(7.02) | 0.795 | 0.000 |
Table 1 The comparison of background variables and baseline between the two groups
Variable | Self-affirmation Group (n = 96) | Control Group (n = 91) | F (1, 185) | partial η2 |
---|---|---|---|---|
M (SD) | M (SD) | |||
Sex(male/female) a | 35/61 | 34/57 | 0.016 | - |
Age | 24.14(7.56) | 23.81(7.25) | 0.767 | 0.000 |
Educational levels | 4.78(1.22) | 4.85(1.07) | 0.700 | 0.001 |
Household income | 3.79(1.81) | 3.99(1.85) | 0.462 | 0.003 |
AnxietyT1 | 32.91(6.35) | 32.54(6.56) | 0.698 | 0.001 |
DepressionT1 | 7.57(7.28) | 7.84(7.02) | 0.795 | 0.000 |
Figure 3. The self-affirmation Group and the Control Group had anxiety levels before the intervention (T1) and one week later (T2). The error line represents the standard error.
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