Mental Health Consequences of COVID-19: The Role of Social Determinants
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Mental Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2023) | Viewed by 11721
Special Issue Editor
2. Center for Social and Cultural Psychology, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 50 Avenue Franklin Roosevelt CP122, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
Interests: intergroup relations; ethnic diversity; ideological climates; intergroup contact; prejudice; individual differences; right-wing authoritarianism; social dominance orientation; need for closure; religiosity; political attitudes; voting behavior; political cynicism; populism; psychological need satisfaction; well-being
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
COVID-19 has changed the way we live and has undoubtedly had an impact on the mental health and well-being of many. The current Special Issue calls for empirical and theoretical papers which aim to examine the mental health consequences of COVID-19 from a social-psychological perspective. We specifically, but not exclusively, seek to answer questions such as the following: “What are the social determinants of well-being and resilience during the pandemic?”, “How did the pandemic put a strain on harmonious intergroup relations?”, “What was the specific impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of ethnic-cultural minority members, immigrants, and other disadvantaged groups in society?”, “Did the pandemic change the political landscape and citizens’ support for democratic vs. populist parties?”, “What are the motivational underpinnings of lockdown-, vaccination-, and other COVID-related behaviors?”, and “Would people deal with major crises in a similar way; put differently: do the same social, emotional, and attitudinal processes play a role in both the global health crisis and the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian conflict?”. We encourage contributions which aim to tackle several of these questions at once, integrate two or more theoretical models, investigate long-term social consequences of COVID-19, and/or offer crucial implications for policy makers targeting interventions. We are especially interested in articles from social groups or geographic locations that are under-represented in the journal.
Dr. Jasper van Assche
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- COVID-19
- mental health
- coping
- resilience
- reactions to crises
- intergroup relations
- prejudice
- political attitudes
- conspiracy behavior
- self-determination
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