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Klussman K, Nichols AL, Langer J. Mental health in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal examination of the ameliorating effect of meaning salience. Curr Psychol. 2021;1-8doi: 10.1007/s12144-021-01538-5.
Klussman, K., Nichols, A. L., & Langer, J. (2021). Mental health in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal examination of the ameliorating effect of meaning salience. Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-01538-5
Klussman, Kristine, et al. "Mental health in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal examination of the ameliorating effect of meaning salience." Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) vol. (2021): 1-8. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-01538-5
Klussman K, Nichols AL, Langer J. Mental health in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal examination of the ameliorating effect of meaning salience. Curr Psychol. 2021 Mar 12;1-8. doi: 10.1007/s12144-021-01538-5. Epub 2021 Mar 12. PMID: 33727777; PMCID: PMC7952503.
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Curr Psychol. 2021 Mar 12;1-8. doi: 10.1007/s12144-021-01538-5. Epub 2021 Mar 12.

Mental health in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal examination of the ameliorating effect of meaning salience.

Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.)

Kristine Klussman, Austin Lee Nichols, Julia Langer

Affiliations

  1. Connection Lab, San Francisco, CA USA.

PMID: 33727777 PMCID: PMC7952503 DOI: 10.1007/s12144-021-01538-5

Abstract

During the COVID-19 pandemic, various restrictions forced people around the world to socially isolate. People were asked to stay at home and were largely unable to do many of the activities that they derived meaning from. Since meaning is often related to mental health, these restrictions were likely to decrease mental health. The current study aimed to examine these effects and additionally benefit individuals' mental health by making their meaning salient. Specifically, the goal of the research was to design an intervention that could counter the potential negative effects of social distancing. We recruited a total of 96 U.S.A. residents (

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Keywords: Anxiety; Depression; Meaning in life; Meaning salience; Stress

Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of InterestThe authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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