Snapshot of a social movement: Mental health and protest classes in Hong Kong.
Background: Popular protests have broken out worldwide, particularly in the last few years. In 2019, numerous demonstrations against an extradition bill occurred in Hong Kong until pandemic restrictions were imposed. The policing response relied heavily on methods such as batons, tear gas and rubber...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Affective Disorders Vol. 295; pp. 883 - 893 |
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Elsevier B.V.
Dec2021
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=153096365&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 153096365 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 01650327 3M9 jtl: Journal of Affective Disorders issn: 01650327 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Dec2021 vid: 295 pid: 1004 pub: Elsevier B.V. artinfo: ui: 153096365 153096365 NLM34706459 153096365 10.1016/j.jad.2021.08.111 NLM34706459 153096365 ppf: 883 ppct: 10 formats: tig: atl: Snapshot of a social movement: Mental health and protest classes in Hong Kong. aug: au: Li, Adrienne W.Y. Chak, W.H. Yuen, Kenneth S.L. affil: Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network, Canada sug: subj: Mental Health Social Media Female Prevalence Anxiety Epidemiology Adolescence Male Depression Hong Kong Human Adolescent: 13-18 years Female Male ab: Background: Popular protests have broken out worldwide, particularly in the last few years. In 2019, numerous demonstrations against an extradition bill occurred in Hong Kong until pandemic restrictions were imposed. The policing response relied heavily on methods such as batons, tear gas and rubber bullets. Given the relevance for other geographical contexts, the current study investigated the mental health impacts on protest participants and spillover to community members.Methods: Surveys were disseminated on social media in August and October 2019 to collect demographics, political views, protest participation, exposure to (protest-related) potentially traumatic events (PTEs) and mental health symptoms. A latent class analysis (LCA) was conducted using demographic data and inter-class differences in PTEs and mental health symptoms were examined.Results: There were 37,541 (59.8% female) and 40,703 (50.0% female) responses in August and October. Respondents, even those with low participation, reported significant levels of depression, anxiety, and symptoms of traumatic stress (STS). The LCA suggested a 5-class solution (youth, allies, supporters, sympathizers, and frontliners). Mental health symptoms and PTEs varied with class membership, with 50.8% of frontliners reporting severe STS.Limitations: The non-random sampling and self-reported measures may over-estimate the prevalence of mental distress in the wider population.Conclusions: Large numbers of pro-democracy supporters in Hong Kong reported high rates of depression, anxiety and STS during mass protests. Younger and more heavily involved respondents faced the highest mental health risks, however elevated rates were also observed for respondents with low participation. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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