Socio-demographic antecedents, fear, and obsession of COVID-19 as predictors of mental health in Peruvian police and military forces

Tomás Caycho-Rodríguez; José M. Tomás; Daniela Saroli-Araníbar; Andrea Vivanco-Vidal; Carlos Carbajal-León; José Heredia-Mongrut; Lindsey W. Vilca; Miguel Gallegos; Michael White

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-38627-5_31

Socio-demographic antecedents, fear, and obsession of COVID-19 as predictors of mental health in Peruvian police and military forces

Tomás Caycho-Rodríguez
, José M. Tomás
, Daniela Saroli-Araníbar
, Andrea Vivanco-Vidal
, Carlos Carbajal-León
, José Heredia-Mongrut
, Lindsey W. Vilca
, Miguel Gallegos
, Michael White

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Abstract

The objective of this study was to explain mental health indicators based on sociodemographic variables, fear, and obsession with COVID-19 in a group of 214 Peruvian police and military personnel. Sociodemographic information, obsession with COVID-19, fear of COVID-19, mental health, depression, and anxiety were all measured. A structural model with latent variables was tested, evaluating procedural effects and their ultimate impact on mental health. The model showed an excellent fit to the observed data. Living in Lima, being in the Army and having the rank of officer and non-commissioned officer was tied to higher levels of fear of COVID-19. There was a large and positively correlated effect of fear of COVID-19 on COVID-19 obsession. Finally, there was a large and negative effect of being obsessed with the virus on mental health. Results could inform better prevention and mental health intervention for the police and military in Peru, who were two of the early main groups responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Original language	American English
Title of host publication	Psychology and Covid-19 in the Americas
Publisher	Springer Nature
Pages	281-288
Number of pages	8
Volume	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9783031386275
ISBN (Print)	9783031385018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38627-5_31
State	Indexed - 9 Nov 2023
Externally published	Yes

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

COVID-19
Mental health
Military
Peru
Police

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Caycho-Rodríguez, T., Tomás, J. M., Saroli-Araníbar, D., Vivanco-Vidal, A., Carbajal-León, C., Heredia-Mongrut, J., Vilca, L. W., Gallegos, M., & White, M. (2023). Socio-demographic antecedents, fear, and obsession of COVID-19 as predictors of mental health in Peruvian police and military forces. In Psychology and Covid-19 in the Americas (Vol. 2, pp. 281-288). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38627-5_31

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