Perceived Threat of COVID-19 Contagion and Frontline Paramedics' Agonistic Behaviour: Employing a Stressor-Strain-Outcome Perspective

Historically, infectious diseases have been the leading cause of human psychosomatic strain and death tolls. This research investigated the recent threat of COVID-19 contagion, especially its impact among frontline paramedics treating patients with COVID-19, and their perception of self-infection, w...

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Published in:International journal of environmental research and public health 2020-07, Vol.17 (14), p.5102
Main Authors: Shahzad, Fakhar, Du, Jianguo, Khan, Imran, Fateh, Adnan, Shahbaz, Muhammad, Abbas, Adnan, Wattoo, Muhammad Umair
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aggressiveness
Agonistic Behavior
Allied Health Personnel - psychology
Animals
Anxiety
Anxiety - psychology
Behavior
Betacoronavirus - pathogenicity
Coronavirus Infections - psychology
Coronavirus Infections - transmission
Coronavirus Infections - virology
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Emotions
Exhaustion
Female
Human behavior
Humans
Infections
Infectious diseases
Investigations
Male
Mental depression
Pandemics
Paramedics
Physiology
Pneumonia, Viral - psychology
Pneumonia, Viral - transmission
Pneumonia, Viral - virology
SARS-CoV-2
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Social interactions
Social support
Stress
Surveys and Questionnaires
Theory
Threats
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Summary:Historically, infectious diseases have been the leading cause of human psychosomatic strain and death tolls. This research investigated the recent threat of COVID-19 contagion, especially its impact among frontline paramedics treating patients with COVID-19, and their perception of self-infection, which ultimately increases their agonistic behaviour. Based on the stressor-strain-outcome paradigm, a research model was proposed and investigated using survey-based data through a structured questionnaire. The results found that the perceived threat of COVID-19 contagion (emotional and cognitive threat) was positively correlated with physiological anxiety, depression, and emotional exhaustion, which led toward agonistic behaviour. Further, perceived social support was a key moderator that negatively affected the relationships between agonistic behaviour and physiological anxiety, depression, and emotional exhaustion. These findings significantly contributed to the current literature concerning COVID-19 and pandemic-related effects on human behaviour. This study also theorized the concept of human agonistic behaviour, which has key implications for future researchers.
ISSN:1660-4601
1661-7827
1660-4601
DOI:10.3390/ijerph17145102