Purpose

This study investigates the psychological impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on Vietnamese people and examines the factors affecting their psychological well-being during and after the lockdown period.

Design/methodology/approach

Based on the survey answers of 701 Vietnamese respondents, this study explores the psychological impact associated with COVID-19 lockdown in Vietnam. Using a newly developed “mvord” package in R that controls the heterogeneity in error structure of the sample units (Hirk et al., 2020), the study runs multivariate ordinal logistic regression models to examine the determinants of the emotional outcomes.

Findings

The study discloses negative psychological states among the Vietnamese community during and after the lockdown, including boredom, anxiety, sadness, stress, anger, precautionary measures and post-traumatic stress symptoms. Demographic characteristics (male gender, young age, poor-health condition, high educational level, small family size, officers or professionals, using public transport, quarantine experience before the lockdown, non-extended lockdown period and living in rural areas) and various difficulties during lockdown (insufficient information about COVID-19, income loss, having daily-life difficulties and unhappy experiences during lockdown) are related to higher degrees of different psychological symptoms during and after lockdown in Vietnam.

Originality/value

This study identifies the importance of mitigating the detrimental effects of the COVID-19 lockdown on Vietnamese well-being and prepares the Vietnamese government better to handle the public mental issues during future lockdowns.

中文翻译：

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COVID-19 封锁对越南社区的心理影响

目的

这项研究调查了 COVID-19 封锁对越南人的心理影响，并检查了封锁期间和之后影响他们心理健康的因素。

设计/方法/方法

根据 701 名越南受访者的调查答案，本研究探讨了与越南 COVID-19 封锁相关的心理影响。该研究使用R中新开发的“mvord”包来控制样本单元误差结构的异质性（Hirk等人，2020 年），该研究运行多变量有序逻辑回归模型来检查情绪结果的决定因素。

发现

该研究揭示了封锁期间和封锁之后越南社区的负面心理状态，包括无聊、焦虑、悲伤、压力、愤怒、预防措施和创伤后压力症状。人口特征（男性、年轻、健康状况差、文化程度高、家庭规模小、官员或专业人员、使用公共交通工具、封锁前的检疫经验、封锁期不延长、居住在农村地区）和各种困难封锁期间（关于 COVID-19 的信息不足、收入损失、日常生活困难和封锁期间的不愉快经历）与越南封锁期间和之后的不同心理症状的程度更高有关。

原创性/价值

这项研究确定了减轻 COVID-19 封锁对越南福祉的不利影响的重要性，并为越南政府在未来的封锁期间更好地处理公众心理问题做好准备。