id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-314014-d9jwy5b6 Duan, Hongxia Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health in the general Chinese population: Changes, predictors and psychosocial correlates 2020-08-18 .txt text/plain 4179 195 46 Furthermore, the use of negative coping strategy plays a potential intermediating role in the stress-related increase in hostility, while social support acts as a buffer in hostility in the general population under high stress. Therefore, the first aim of the current study was to explore the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health of a general Chinese population sample during the course of acute pandemic activity the peak of the outbreak (January 31 st to February 9 th ) to the epidemic's remission phase (15 th to 28 th of March) at the individual level. The second aim was to examine whether perceived stress level to the COVID-19 pandemic would predict an increase in hostility and whether coping strategies would play a potential intermediating role in the relationship between stress and hostility. Regression analysis showed that younger age, lower income, higher perceived stress to the COVID-19 pandemic as well as current quarantine experience (measured at T2) are risk factors of depression deterioration. ./cache/cord-314014-d9jwy5b6.txt ./txt/cord-314014-d9jwy5b6.txt