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Dear Colleagues,

The COVID-19 pandemic has a significant impact on health and wellbeing, beyond the risk of becoming infected with SARS-CoV-2. Fear of COVID-19 and negative effects of the associated lockdown periods on mood, quality of life, and perceived health are profound. That said, while the majority of effects appear to be detrimental to wellbeing and productivity, there is also some evidence of positive effects in certain groups/populations.

The aim and scope of this Special Issue is to publish research on emotion regulation and mood during the COVID-19 pandemic. Submissions may describe mood changes during the pandemic, their relationship with regulations and lockdown periods, identify groups at risk, and evaluate coping mechanisms to regulate mood and emotions, or other related topics of interest.

This Special Issue welcomes original articles, communications, critical reviews, and meta-analyses related to emotional regulation and mood during the COVID-19 pandemic. Articles may cover multidisciplinary research, also including other aspects of overall human wellbeing and functioning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Examples of such topics include areas such as loneliness in elderly, alcohol or drug use/misuse during the COVID-19 pandemic, or academic performance of students. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) psychology, psychiatry, social science, medicine, pharmaceutical sciences, or epidemiology. We invite interested researchers to submit their cutting-edge research to this Special Issue.

Dr. Gillian Bruce
Dr. Joris C. Verster
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Keywords

COVID-19
mood
anxiety
depression
emotion regulation
coping
loneliness
quality of life
per-ceived health

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Alcohol Consumption, Hangovers, and Smoking among Buenos Aires University Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Pauline A. Hendriksen

Pantea Kiani

Gillian Bruce

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Joris C. Verster

J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(4), 1491; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12041491 - 13 Feb 2023

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In Argentina, the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic led to serious changes to social interaction, health, economy, and education. Argentina experienced two extensive lockdown periods. University education remained virtual for almost two academic years. The purpose of the present work was to analyze the impact of the COVID-19 lockdowns in Argentina on alcohol consumption, hangover severity and smoking among university students in Buenos Aires. A retrospective online survey was conducted in 2021 among students of the University of Buenos Aires. Participants aged 18–35 years old were asked about the average number of alcoholic drinks and number of drinking days per week, binge drinking occasions, drunkenness, next day hangover severity, number of hangovers per month, and smoking behavior. The results showed that the first and second COVID-19 lockdowns were associated with significant reductions in both weekly alcohol consumption, and hangover severity and subjective intoxication on their heaviest drinking occasions. Males consumed significantly more alcohol than females, and older students (25–35 years old) consumed more alcohol than younger students (18–24 years old). In addition, younger students reduced the number of cigarettes smoked per day during the two lockdown periods while older students exhibited significantly more smoking days per week. In conclusion, the present work in Argentinian students revealed a significant reduction in weekly alcohol consumption, and subjective intoxication and hangover severity on their heaviest drinking occasions during the pandemic lockdown periods. Full article

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Determinants of the Impact of Fatigue on the Health of Polish Nursing Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Ewa Kupcewicz

Kamila Rachubińska

Aleksandra Gaworska-Krzemińska

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J. Clin. Med. 2022, 11(20), 6034; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11206034 - 13 Oct 2022

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(1) Lockdown-related fatigue occurring during the COVID-19 pandemic is a complex problem that can be experienced in different social groups. The objective of the current study is to attempt to identify socio-demographic and lifestyle-related factors that determine the impact of fatigue on health in general as well as in physical, cognitive, and psychosocial terms and to determine whether, and to what extent, these were predictors of fatigue in nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic. (2) The study was conducted by the diagnostic poll method between 20 March and 15 December 2021 among 894 nursing students at six Polish universities. To collect the data, a validated Modified Fatigue Impact Scale (MFIS) was used. (3) Students from the age group of ≤20 experienced a significantly greater impact of fatigue on health in general as well as in physical and cognitive terms. The study demonstrated a significant negative relationship between the year of study and the impact of fatigue on health in general terms (r = −0.12; p < 0.0001) and the analyzed health terms, on physical (r = −0.12; p < 0.0001), cognitive (r = −0.10; p < 0.002), and psychosocial (r = −0.07; p < 0.041). In predicting the impact of fatigue on health in general and physical terms, it was the variable related to a reduction in physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic that had the greatest contribution, while for the cognitive and psychosocial functions, it was the number of meals consumed per day. (4) It is recognized that action is needed to reduce the impact of fatigue on student health by modifying the predictors related to student lifestyles. Full article

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