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Psicogente
versión impresa ISSN 0124-0137
Resumen
JORQUERA GUTIERREZ, Ricardo; MORALES ROBLES, Elva y VEGA ALVAREZ, Alejandra. Mental Health and Social Support in the inhabitants of Copiapó, Chile, in the context of COVID-19. Psicogente [online]. 2021, vol.24, n.46, pp.20-35. Epub 07-Jul-2021. ISSN 0124-0137. https://doi.org/10.17081/psico.24.46.4308.
Introduction:
The COVID-19 pandemic has come to abruptly change the ways of life of a large part of the world population. Knowing the presence of psychopathology in this context becomes relevant to generate public politics to promote and prevent mental health.
Objective:
To establish the presence of psychopathology in the inhabitants of Copiapó, Chile, and determine its relationship with the variables sex, age, occupation and perceived social support.
Method:
The cross-sectional study was carried out on a sample of 523 people, inhabitants of the city of Copiapó, Chile. The General Health Scale, GHQ-12, the Perceived Social Support Scale, MSPSS, and a questionnaire of sociodemographic characterization were applied. Data analysis techniques were descriptive statistics of frequency, central tendency and variability, and non-parametric association statistic, chi-square, and Eta. T Student and Anova were also used for the scalar level data.
Results:
It is evident that 51,82% of those evaluated show suspicion or presence of psychopathology, associated with symptoms of depression, anxiety and/or social dysfunction. Significant differences were found according to sex, age, and occupation subjects’ occupation. Along with this, there are statistically significant levels of social support among those who have absence and presence of psychopathology.
Conclusions:
The study achieve to describe the levels of psychopathology in the group studied at time of COVID-19, evidencing its relationship with variables of gender, age and occupation, which has implications for targeting interventions considering the most affected groups: women, youth and students. In addition, social support is highlighted as a protective factor of mental health.
Palabras clave : general health; psychopathology; social support; COVID-19.