Id |
Subject |
Object |
Predicate |
Lexical cue |
T273 |
0-11 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Limitations |
T274 |
12-209 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Although the present study contributes to a better understanding of the relationship between the presence of others and perceived stress during the COVID‐19 pandemic, it is not without limitations. |
T275 |
210-519 |
Sentence |
denotes |
First, in order to reach out to participants that are currently under lockdown, it was necessary to use self‐reports and to make use of the individuals’ internet access, although it might limit our findings to a population that is wealthier and has a higher educational background than the general population. |
T276 |
520-668 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Moreover, perceived stress level was tested using only a single self‐reported measure (10‐item Perceived Stress Scale), which warrants some caution. |
T277 |
669-806 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Future studies should also include other measures of stress to expand our knowledge of various aspects of well‐being during the pandemic. |
T278 |
807-962 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Second, it would not have been possible to use an experimental design, so all our findings are correlative, and we cannot put forward causal relationships. |
T279 |
963-1131 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Shortly before the lockdown, people might have chosen to move away from their families because they work in health care and did not want to infect their family members. |
T280 |
1132-1291 |
Sentence |
denotes |
People that lived on their own before the pandemic might have agreed to isolate with others to combat their loneliness or to help with care work in the family. |
T281 |
1292-1365 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Those examples are likely rare and might only mildly affect our findings. |
T282 |
1366-1528 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Even though we were not able to control for confounding variables, some pre‐existing factors, such as age and gender, may at least indicate a direction of effect. |
T283 |
1529-1591 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Third, longitudinal effects of the pandemic were not measured. |
T284 |
1592-1734 |
Sentence |
denotes |
We present the data of the first week when the COVIDiSTRESS Global Survey went online, and participants were only allowed to participate once. |
T285 |
1735-1856 |
Sentence |
denotes |
It would be beneficial for future studies to measure the long‐term effects and the development of stress within a sample. |
T286 |
1857-1960 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Fourth, the pandemic had been spreading in countries and areas at various rates during data collection. |
T287 |
1961-2134 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Therefore, people from different countries and different regions within a country possibly were under different levels of threat as well as different time spans of exposure. |
T288 |
2135-2301 |
Sentence |
denotes |
It is important for future studies to further investigate whether there are dose–response relationships between stress and the level of threat in the given countries. |