Covid-19's impact on mental health & medical mistrust: How Covid-19 affects each of us differently

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dc.contributor.advisorSmith, Gabrielle
dc.contributor.committeeMemberTerrizzi Jr, John
dc.contributor.committeeMemberRosen, Lisa
dc.creatorHarlan, Austin Robert
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-22T19:24:21Z
dc.date.available2023-02-22T19:24:21Z
dc.date.created2022-08
dc.date.issued2022-08-01T05:00:00.000Z
dc.date.submittedAug-22
dc.date.updated2023-02-22T19:24:23Z
dc.description.abstractThe present study investigated how medical mistrust and Covid-19 impacts American adults through analyzing relationships between mental health, CDC adherence, vaccine hesitancy, and race/ethnicity. The hypotheses were that medical mistrust and Covid-19 would negatively affect mental health, CDC adherence and vaccine hesitancy, that African American and Hispanic participants would suffer worse health outcomes, and medical mistreatment would be a precursor to medical mistrust. To evaluate these hypotheses, participants (N=213) completed an online survey which consisted of sections from the John Hopkins Medical Mistrust Survey (Brandon, et al., 2005), Americans’ COVID 19 Adherence to CDC Guidelines (Park et al., 2020), and the Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey (Cai et al., 2021). The study found that having Covid-19 and higher medical mistrust significantly increased participant hesitations to receive the Covid-19 vaccine or booster. It was also found that participants who experienced medical mistreatment reported higher rates of medical mistrust. However, anxiety, depression, CDC adherence, and race/ethnicity did not have significant relationships with either Covid-19 or medical mistrust. These findings suggest that medical mistreatment could be a predictor of medical mistrust which is then a predictor of vaccine hesitancy, showing the negative and wide-reaching impact of medical mistreatment. For hypotheses that did not find significant relationships, limitations in sample size were likely a contributing factor.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11274/14447
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectMedical mistreatment
dc.subjectMedical mistrust
dc.subjectCovid-19
dc.subjectVaccine hesitancy
dc.subjectCDC adherence
dc.titleCovid-19's impact on mental health & medical mistrust: How Covid-19 affects each of us differently
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.materialtext
thesis.degree.collegeCollege of Arts and Sciences
thesis.degree.departmentPsychology and Philosophy
thesis.degree.grantorTexas Woman's University
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science

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