The role of emotional contagion dimensions on depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder of hospital staff during Covid-19 epidemic
نویسندگان
1 PhD Student, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Department of Psychology, Mohaghegh Ardabili University, Ardabil, Iran
2 Associate Professor of Clinical psychology, Department of Clinical psychology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3 Associate Professor of Clinical psychology, Department of Clinical psychology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
4 Medical Student, Student Research Committee, Department of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
5 MSc in Health Psychology, Department of Health Psychology, School of Behavioral Sciences and mMental Health, Tehran Institute of Psychiatry), Iran University of Medical Sciencea, Tehran, Iran
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Background and Objective: Various studies have investigated the role of emotional contagion in various emotional disorders, but the role of emotional contagion dimensions in the psychological symptoms during the Covid-19 epidemic has not been investigated. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the dimensions of emotional contagion on depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder of hospital staff during the Covid-19 epidemic. Materials and Methods: This was cross-sectional descriptive correlational study. The present study population consisted of hospital staff of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences who were selected by convenience and with the help of inclusion criteria in the winter of 1399 that 200 people were selected by Convenience Sampling and measured by Depression Anxiety Scale (DASS)(PTSD check list for DSM5 (PCL-5) and the Emotional contagion Scale. Results: The dimensions of emotional contagion can explain 18% of the variable changes in the criterion of depression. The dimensions of emotional contagion can explain 28% of the variable changes in the anxiety criterion. The dimensions of emotional contagion can explain 43% of the variable changes in the post-traumatic stress disorder criterion. Conclusions: According to the findings of the present study, it can be concluded that education about emotional contagion and awareness of its effect on psychological problems play an important role in improving the psychological condition of hospital staff in pandemic conditions.
