The introduction of COVID-19 lockdown measures and an outlook on return to normality are demanding societal changes. Among the most pressing questions is how individuals adjust to the pandemic. This paper examines the emotional responses to the pandemic in a repeated-measures design. Data (n=1698) were collected in April 2020 (during strict lockdown measures) and in April 2021 (when vaccination programmes gained traction). We asked participants to report their emotions and express these in text data. Statistical tests revealed an average trend towards better adjustment to the pandemic. However, clustering analyses suggested a more complex heterogeneous pattern with a well-coping and a resigning subgroup of participants. Linguistic computational analyses uncovered that topics and n-gram frequencies shifted towards attention to the vaccination programme and away from general worrying. Implications for public mental health efforts in identifying people at heightened risk are discussed. The dataset is made publicly available.
翻译:采用COVID-19锁定措施和恢复正常生活的前景要求社会变革,其中最紧迫的问题是个人如何适应这一流行病。本文件审查了在反复设计的措施中对这一流行病的情感反应。数据(n=1698)是在2020年4月(严格锁定措施)和2021年4月(接种方案获得牵引)收集的。我们要求参与者报告他们的情绪,并在文字数据中表达这些情绪。统计测试显示,在更好地适应这一流行病方面有平均趋势。但是,群集分析表明,存在一种更为复杂的混合模式,有一个范围良好,而且参与者小组辞职。语言计算分析发现,话题和n-克频率转向了疫苗接种方案,而不再普遍令人担忧。讨论了公众心理健康在识别高危人群方面的影响。数据集公布于众。