Author, as appears in the article.: Vicens, Paloma; Heredia, Luis; Bustamante, Edgar; Perez, Yolanda; Domingo, Jose L; Torrente, Margarita
Department: Psicologia Geografia Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques
URV's Author/s: Bustamante Picón, Edgar / Domingo Roig, José Luis / Heredia Santaella, Luis / Perez Pacheco, Yaride / Torrente Torné, Margarita / Vicens Calderón, Paloma
Keywords: Surveys and questionnaires Stress, psychological Spain Quarantine Pandemics Mental health Male Humans Female Depression Covid-19 Anxiety disorders Anxiety Adult
Abstract: The petrochemical industry has made the economic development of many local communities possible, increasing employment opportunities and generating a complex network of closely-related secondary industries. However, it is known that petrochemical industries emit air pollutants, which have been related to different negative effects on mental health. In addition, many people around the world are being exposed to highly stressful situations deriving from the COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdowns adopted by national and regional governments. The present study aims to analyse the possible differential effects on various psychological outcomes (stress, anxiety, depression and emotional regulation strategies) stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic and consequent lockdown experienced by individuals living near an important petrochemical complex and subjects living in other areas, nonexposed to the characteristic environmental pollutants emitted by these kinds of complex. The sample consisted of 1607 subjects who answered an ad hoc questionnaire on lockdown conditions, the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), the Barratt Impulsivity Scale (BIS) and the Emotional Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ). The results indicate that people living closer to petrochemical complexes reported greater risk perception [K = 73.42, p < 0.001, with a medium size effect (η = 0.061)]. However, no significant relationship between psychological variables and proximity to the focus was detected when comparing people living near to or far away from a chemical/petrochemical complex. Regarding the adverse psychological effects of the first lockdown due to COVID-19 on the general population in Catalonia, we can conclude that the conditions included in this survey were mainly related to changes in the participants’ impulsivity levels, with different total impulsivity scores being obtained if they had minors in their care (p<0.001), if they had lost their jobs, if they were working (p<0.001), if they were not telecommuting (p<0.001), if they went out to work (p<0.001) or if they established routines (p = 0.009). However, we can also be fairly certain that the economic effects are going to be worse than those initially detected in this study. More research will be necessary to corroborate our results. 2
Thematic Areas: Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros Sociology Sociología Serviço social Saúde coletiva Química Psychology Psicología Planejamento urbano e regional / demografia Odontología Nutrição Multidisciplinary sciences Multidisciplinary Medicine (miscellaneous) Medicina veterinaria Medicina iii Medicina ii Medicina i Materiais Matemática / probabilidade e estatística Linguística e literatura Letras / linguística Interdisciplinary research in the social sciences Interdisciplinar Human geography and urban studies History & philosophy of science Historia Geografía Geociências General medicine General biochemistry,genetics and molecular biology General agricultural and biological sciences Farmacia Environmental studies Ensino Engenharias iv Engenharias iii Engenharias ii Engenharias i Enfermagem Educação física Educação Economia Direito Demography Comunicação e informação Ciências sociais aplicadas i Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Ciência política e relações internacionais Ciência de alimentos Ciência da computação Biotecnología Biology Biodiversidade Biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology (miscellaneous) Astronomia / física Arquitetura, urbanismo e design Archaeology Antropologia / arqueologia Anthropology Agricultural and biological sciences (miscellaneous) Administração, ciências contábeis e turismo Administração pública e de empresas, ciências contábeis e turismo
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: yaride.perez@urv.cat luis.heredia@urv.cat paloma.vicens@urv.cat luis.heredia@urv.cat edgar.bustamante@urv.cat yaride.perez@urv.cat joseluis.domingo@urv.cat margarita.torrente@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0001-9330-9418 0000-0003-0732-5070 0000-0001-9330-9418 0000-0001-6647-9470 0000-0002-8901-6345
Record's date: 2024-10-12
Journal volume: 16
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Link to the original source: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0249058
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Plos One. 16 (3 March): e0249058-
APA: Vicens, Paloma; Heredia, Luis; Bustamante, Edgar; Perez, Yolanda; Domingo, Jose L; Torrente, Margarita (2021). Does living close to a petrochemical complex increase the adverse psychological effects of the COVID-19 lockdown?. Plos One, 16(3 March), e0249058-. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0249058
Article's DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0249058
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2021
Publication Type: Journal Publications
Repositori URV