Data shows clear negative impact on mental health from #COVID-19 pandemic, but lockdown measures are mostly associated with improvements in subjective well-being.
This research using YouGov weekly mood surveys and weekly cross-country data from Google Trends to track well-being in the British population before and during #COVID-19 is among the first to distinguish the effects of the pandemic from the effects of the lockdown on the well-being in Britain. The data shows the clear negative impact on mental health from the COVID-19 pandemic, but lockdown measures are mostly associated with improvements in subjective well-being.
