Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on psychological distress and biological rhythm in China’s general population: A path analysis model

Yikai Dou; Huanhuan Fan; Xiao Yang; Yue Du; Yu Wang; Min Wang; Zijian Zhang; Xiongwei Qi; Yuling Luo; Ruiqing Luo; Xiaohong Ma

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0271285

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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on psychological distress and biological rhythm in China’s general population: A path analysis model

Yikai Dou,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Psychiatric Laboratory and Mental Health Center, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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Huanhuan Fan,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Psychiatric Laboratory and Mental Health Center, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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Xiao Yang,

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Project administration

Affiliation Psychiatric Laboratory and Mental Health Center, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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Yue Du,

Roles Investigation, Software

Affiliation Psychiatric Laboratory and Mental Health Center, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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Yu Wang,

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Psychiatric Laboratory and Mental Health Center, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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Min Wang,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Psychiatric Laboratory and Mental Health Center, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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Zijian Zhang,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Psychiatric Laboratory and Mental Health Center, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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Xiongwei Qi,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Psychiatric Laboratory and Mental Health Center, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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Yuling Luo,

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Psychiatric Laboratory and Mental Health Center, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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Ruiqing Luo,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Psychiatric Laboratory and Mental Health Center, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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Xiaohong Ma

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: maxiaohong@scu.edu.cn

Affiliations Psychiatric Laboratory and Mental Health Center, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, Psychiatric Laboratory and Mental Health Center, The State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, West China Brain Research Center, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2627-9946

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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on psychological distress and biological rhythm in China’s general population: A path analysis model

Yikai Dou,
Huanhuan Fan,
Xiao Yang,
Yue Du,
Yu Wang,
Min Wang,
Zijian Zhang,
Xiongwei Qi,
Yuling Luo,
Ruiqing Luo

Published: July 8, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0271285

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