The Impact of COVID-19 Epidemic Declaration on Psychological Consequences: A Study on Active Weibo Users
Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences · University of Chinese Academy of Sciences · +2 more institutions
Abstract
COVID-19 (Corona Virus Disease 2019) has significantly resulted in a large number of psychological consequences. The aim of this study is to explore the impacts of COVID-19 on people's mental health, to assist policy makers to develop actionable policies, and help clinical practitioners (e.g., social workers, psychiatrists, and psychologists) provide timely services to affected populations. We sample and analyze the Weibo posts from 17,865 active Weibo users using the approach of Online Ecological Recognition (OER) based on several machine-learning predictive models. We calculated word frequency, scores of emotional indicators (e.g., anxiety, depression, indignation, and Oxford happiness) and cognitive…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 153.18
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 44
Authors
5- SLSijia Li
Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- YWYilin Wang
Nankai University, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- JXJia Xue
University of Toronto
- NZNan ZhaoCorresponding
Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- TZTingshao ZhuCorresponding
Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Topics & keywords
- Declaration
- Indignation
- Psychology
- Anxiety
- Happiness
- Anger
- Mental health
- Feeling