Are individual differences in personality associated with COVID-19 infection? Examining the role of normative, maladaptive, and dark personality traits using structural equation modeling.

Objective: During the COVID-19 pandemic, people's behaviors have been considered an important factor in the spread of coronavirus. This situation led us to examine the role of personality in human behavior and its outcomes during the pandemic. This study examined the effect of normative, maladaptive, and dark personality traits on the probability of COVID-19 infection as mediated by psychological and behavioral responses to the pandemic.

The Relationship of Parental Personality Disorders with Offspring Eating Disorders at Childhood and Adolescence Age.

This study aimed to investigate parents' PDs that could be associated with children and adolescents' EDs. We studied association of parental PDs with offspring EDs in age group 6-18 years in a nationally representative sample of Iranians with 27,111 children and adolescents and their parents. We used a multistage random cluster sampling method.

The Most Psychological Impacts of Coronavirus Epidemics: A Protocol for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a considerable psychological stressor that has a significant impact on every facet of people's life. Since 2002 that the first Coronavirus epidemic has emerged, many pieces of researches have indicated several psychological problems during this period. In circumstances such as COVID-19, researchers could deploy previous resources to identify the most prevalent psychological effects of Coronavirus diseases.

Generalized anxiety disorder: Prevalence, predictors, and comorbidity in children and adolescents.

Unlabelled: Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is one of the most prevalent anxiety disorders among children and adolescents.

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to determine the prevalence, sociodemographic variables, and comorbidity of GAD among children and adolescents to suggest the main predictors, using an analytical cross-sectional study.

Method: Data were collected via a multistage random-cluster sampling method from 29,709 children and adolescents aged 6-18 years old in Iran.

Prevalence, correlates and comorbidities of feeding and eating disorders in a nationally representative sample of Iranian children and adolescents.

Objective: This study investigated the prevalence of feeding and eating disorders, and identified their correlates and comorbidities among children and adolescents.

Method: We used the nationally representative sample of the Iranian Children and Adolescents' Psychiatric disorders (IRCAP) survey, with 30,532 participants randomly selected by a multistage cluster sampling method. We employed the kiddie schedule for affective disorders and schizophrenia-present and lifetime version (K-SADS-PL) semi-structured face-to-face interview to screen for any psychiatric disorders, including feeding and eating disorders, and associated factors.