As the COVID‐19 pandemic accelerates, one public health response has been for governments to impose quarantine ‘lockdowns’ which require people to socially isolate. In this study, we explored the level of psychological distress that people experienced in social isolation and the factors which might ameliorate or exacerbate it. Two hundred and thirteen participants (69% female) with a mean age of 37.82 years participated in an online study. They completed a series of questions designed as part of a larger cross‐national study. A positive attitude towards social isolation introduced by government as a strategy to reduce the transmission of COVID‐19 was predictive of positive coping strategies, and both attitude and coping predicted reduced psychological distress. Participants’ worries about contagion of COVID‐19, their financial status, and the economic and political impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic predicted increases in their psychological distress. Social support from family and work colleagues was not significant in reducing worries or psychological distress but it did positively predict engagement in coping. The findings and recommendations are discussed.

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COVID-19 痛苦和担忧：社会孤立期间态度、社会支持和积极应对的作用

随着COVID-19大流行的加速，一项公共卫生应对措施是政府实施隔离“封锁”，要求人们进行社会隔离。在这项研究中，我们探讨了人们在社会孤立中所经历的心理困扰程度以及可能改善或加剧这种情况的因素。平均年龄为 37.82 岁的 213 名参与者（69% 为女性）参加了一项在线研究。他们完成了一系列问题，这些问题是作为一项更大的跨国研究的一部分而设计的。政府对社会隔离采取积极态度，作为减少COVID-19传播的策略可以预测积极的应对策略，态度和应对都可以预测心理压力的减少。参与者对COVID-19传染、他们的财务状况以及COVID-19大流行的经济和政治影响的担忧预示着他们的心理压力会增加。来自家庭和同事的社会支持在减少忧虑或心理困扰方面并不显着，但它确实可以积极预测应对的参与。讨论了调查结果和建议。