Australian National University researchers have for the first time studied the links between lockdowns and life satisfaction.
led to plunging life satisfaction, poor mental health and loneliness, negatively affecting the outlook of Australians more than higher case numbers and pandemic deaths.
Led by the ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods, and based on Oxford University’s COVID-19 Stringency Index, the study considered 6500 adults from across the country over more than two-and-a-half years.compared to older people, and on those states and territories that had multiple waves ofMelbourne was found to have the two strictest lockdowns in Australia, ahead of other cities including Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide.
“However, our findings also show that measures designed to help protect people from COVID-19 also have a clear impact on mental health and wellbeing. Whether this effect is long-lasting as we abandon strict lockdowns and adapt to ‘COVID normal’ remains to be seen.” Study co-author Associate Professor Ben Edwards said there was also a clear connection between rising COVID-19 case numbers and lower life satisfaction.
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