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Social Psychologist @SFU studying how we can be kinder and happier. Lover of food, dogs, travel, running, and more food.
Apr 22, 2022 14 tweets 5 min read
NEW PAPER in @TheLancetPH : Public health policies implemented during COVID-19 have been evaluated primarily on their ability to reduce transmission and minimise economic harm. But how are COVID-19 restrictions associated with short-term mental health? 🧵

sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Image To find out, we combined policy stringency data from #Oxford (@BlavatnikSchool) COVID-19 Govt Response Tracker with measures of psych distress and life evals from repeated cross-sectional surveys in 15 countries over 15 months by @imperialcollege and @YouGov (N=432,642).