id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-256752-x7h4tix2 Yu, Hua Coping style, social support and psychological distress in the general Chinese population in the early stages of the COVID-19 epidemic 2020-08-27 .txt text/plain 5757 261 43 We hypothesized that an active coping style and social support were protective factors against psychological distress in the general Chinese population in the early stages of the COVID-19 epidemic. Differences in demographic characteristics between respondents with high or low psychological distress in non-suspected cases were assessed for significance using the independent two-samples t test, in the case of age and family income coefficient; or the chi-squared test, in the case of sex, marital status, education level, residence location, presence of COVID-19 in the respondent's community, time spent per day searching for information about COVID-19 (Supplementary Table 3 ). Among those without suspected infection, factors significantly associated with high psychological distress were unmarried status, spending > 6 h per day searching for information about COVID-19, a passive coping style and lower social support. ./cache/cord-256752-x7h4tix2.txt ./txt/cord-256752-x7h4tix2.txt