Psychological, Cultural, Social, and Economic Effects of COVID-19 in a Global Context: A Four-Wave Longitudinal Cohort Study Across 14 Countries

As part of the Global Collaboration on Traumatic Stress, we aim to lead the US portion of a four-wave longitudinal, nationally-representative online study that investigates the psychological (e.g., wellbeing), cultural (e.g., between/within-country, ethnicity/racial differences), social (e.g., interpersonal relationships), and economic (e.g., financial loss) impacts of COVID-19 in 14 countries across four continents: North America, South America, Asia, and Europe/Eurasia. Knowing the risk and mitigating factors for distress-related disorders and subsequent psychosocial burdens will enable us to design global and timely prevention and intervention strategies to promote equality and offset, costly behavioral health impacts.