Trauma exposure and the PTSD symptoms of college teachers during the peak of the COVID‐19 outbreak

This study aimed to explore influencing factors for the psychological impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) on Wuhan college teachers, posttraumatic stress symptoms in particular, so as to inform evidence‐based strategy development to ameliorate such adverse impacts. An online survey was con...

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Published in:Stress and Health 2021-12, Vol.37 (5), p.914-927
Main Authors: Fan, Changyu, Fu, Ping, Li, Xueyan, Li, Min, Zhu, Miao
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
College faculty
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
COVID‐19 pandemic
Cross-Sectional Studies
Disease Outbreaks
Female
Humans
Male
mental health
Pandemics
Post traumatic stress disorder
psychological impact
PTSD
SARS-CoV-2
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - epidemiology
Trauma
trauma exposure
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Summary:This study aimed to explore influencing factors for the psychological impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) on Wuhan college teachers, posttraumatic stress symptoms in particular, so as to inform evidence‐based strategy development to ameliorate such adverse impacts. An online survey was conducted from 26 to 29 April 2020, and 1650 teachers (47.54% male; M = 40.28 years, SD = 8.3 years) enrolled in Wuhan universities and colleges participated. The results showed that the overall incidence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among college teachers was as high as 24.55%, but the average level of PTSD score was low (M = 1.06, SD = 0.72). Logistic regression analysis showed that for those with confirmed COVID‐19, the ratio was much higher, up to 2.814 (95% confidence interval [CI]: [1.542, 5.136], p 
ISSN:1532-3005
1532-2998
DOI:10.1002/smi.3049