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Keywords: fear of COVID-19, psychological adjustment, experiential avoidance, psychological
resilience, healthcare professionals
Citation: Seçer İ, Ulaş S and Karaman-Özlü Z (2020) The Effect of the Fear of COVID-19 on
Healthcare Professionals’ Psychological Adjustment Skills: Mediating Role of Experiential
Avoidance and Psychological Resilience. Front. Psychol. 11:561536. doi:
10.3389/fpsyg.2020.561536
Received: 12 May 2020; Accepted: 23 September 2020;
Published: 21 October 2020.
Edited by:
Eduardo Salas, Rice University, United States
Reviewed by:
Beth Milliard, York Regional Police, Canada
Paula Odriozola-González, University of Valladolid, Spain
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Reina Granados, University of Granada, Spain
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Keywords: COVID-19, stress, secondary trauma, healthcare workers, self-efficacy, coping
Citation: Vagni M, Maiorano T, Giostra V and Pajardi D (2020) Coping With COVID-19:
Emergency Stress, Secondary Trauma and Self-Efficacy in Healthcare and Emergency Workers
in Italy. Front. Psychol. 11:566912. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.566912
Received: 29 May 2020; Accepted: 13 August 2020;
Published: 03 September 2020.
Edited by:
Reviewed by:
Atreyee Bhattacharyya, University of Haifa, Israel
Emanuele Maria Giusti, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Italy
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Emergency Stress, Secondary
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Healthcare and Emergency
Workers in Italy
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Keywords: COVID-19, stress, secondary trauma, healthcare workers, self-efficacy, coping
Citation: Vagni M, Maiorano T, Giostra V and Pajardi D (2020) Coping With COVID-19:
Emergency Stress, Secondary Trauma and Self-Efficacy in Healthcare and Emergency Workers
in Italy. Front. Psychol. 11:566912. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.566912
Received: 29 May 2020; Accepted: 13 August 2020;
Published: 03 September 2020.
Edited by:
Reviewed by:
Atreyee Bhattacharyya, University of Haifa, Israel
Emanuele Maria Giusti, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Italy
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fpsyg.2020.01684/fullORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE
Front. Psychol., 10 July 2020 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01684
The Psychological Impact of

the COVID-19 Outbreak on
Health Professionals: A
Cross-Sectional Study
Emanuele Maria Giusti , 1,2*
Elisa Pedroli , 3,4
Guido E. D'Aniello , 2
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Chiara Manna ,
1,2
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Keywords: COVID-19, burnout, depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress, predictors, clinical
psychology, cross-sectional study
Citation: Giusti EM, Pedroli E, D'Aniello GE, Stramba Badiale C, Pietrabissa G, Manna C,
Stramba Badiale M, Riva G, Castelnuovo G and Molinari E (2020) The Psychological Impact of
the COVID-19 Outbreak on Health Professionals: A Cross-Sectional Study. Front.
Received: 29 May 2020; Accepted: 22 June 2020;
Published: 10 July 2020.
Edited by:
Konstantinos Papazoglou, Yale University, United States
Reviewed by:
Roger C. Ho, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Cristina Queiros, University of Porto, Portugal

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