Study is carried out by Feevale University in partnership with the universities of Messina, Italy, and Eastern Washington, United States

An international study, led by Feevale University, investigates the effects related to mental health on the population of three countries affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. The research, which is being carried out in partnership with the universities of Messina, Italy, and Eastern Washington, United States, seeks to understand and analyze the impact of this pandemic period regarding the levels of depression, post-traumatic stress and resilience in academics and their families.

According to Professor Marcus Levi, coordinator of the Master's Degree in Psychology at Feevale, researchers want to understand how people's characteristics are functioning as drivers of greater risk or protection.

We are doing this study to see how the pandemic and its effects are related to depressive and post-traumatic stress situations with everything they are experiencing during this period. At the same time, we want to see how resilience is helping to protect people from the impacts of the pandemic”, he says.

The partner universities were chosen because they are from countries that, at some point, were or are the epicenter of the pandemic, as it is the case of Brazil now. According to Levi, the partners understood that it would be important to participate in cross-cultural research "to compare these levels and diagnose differences and similarities regarding the mental health of their people".

The research is in the data collection phase and accepting the participation of volunteers, over 18, who want to contribute to the research. The volunteers need to answer an electronic questionnaire to participate in the research, available at bit.ly/3cckr9j.