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CORRECTION article

Front. Psychiatry, 09 October 2025

Sec. Public Mental Health

Volume 16 - 2025 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1716267

Correction: Gender differences in the prevalence and correlates of COVID-19 fear among mental health professionals: a network perspective based on a national survey in China

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  1. Gender differences in the prevalence and correlates of COVID-19 fear among mental health professionals: a network perspective based on a national survey in China

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Shu-Ying Rao,&#x;&#x;Shu-Ying Rao1,2†‡Mu-Rui Zheng,&#x;Mu-Rui Zheng1,2†Feng-Rong An&#x;Feng-Rong An3†Yuan Feng&#x;Yuan Feng3†Zhaohui SuZhaohui Su4Teris CheungTeris Cheung5Gabor S. Ungvari,Gabor S. Ungvari6,7Chee H. Ng*Chee H. Ng8*Yu-Tao Xiang,*Yu-Tao Xiang1,2*Gang Wang*Gang Wang3*
  • 1Unit of Psychiatry, Department of Public Health and Medicinal Administration, & Institute of Translational Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, Macao SAR, China
  • 2Centre for Cognitive and Brain Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, Macao SAR, China
  • 3Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders & National Center for Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
  • 4School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
  • 5School of Nursing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
  • 6Section of Psychiatry, University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, WA, Australia
  • 7Division of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
  • 8Department of Psychiatry, The Melbourne Clinic and St Vincent’s Hospital, University of Melbourne, Richmond, VIC, Australia

A Correction on
Gender differences in the prevalence and correlates of COVID-19 fear among mental health professionals: a network perspective based on a national survey in China

By Rao S-Y, Zheng M-R, An F-R, Feng Y, Su Z, Cheung T, Ungvari GS, Ng CH, Xiang Y-T and Wang G (2025). Front. Psychiatry 16:1631050. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1631050

There was an error in the Affiliations. Author “Gang Wang” was erroneously assigned to affiliation 4, “School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, China”. This should be affiliation 3, “Beijing Key Laboratory of Mental Disorders, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders & National Center for Mental Disorders, Beijing Anding Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.”

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Keywords: mental health professionals, gender difference, fear of COVID-19, network analysis, mental health

Citation: Rao S-Y, Zheng M-R, An F-R, Feng Y, Su Z, Cheung T, Ungvari GS, Ng CH, Xiang Y-T and Wang G (2025) Correction: Gender differences in the prevalence and correlates of COVID-19 fear among mental health professionals: a network perspective based on a national survey in China. Front. Psychiatry 16:1716267. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1716267

Received: 01 October 2025; Accepted: 01 October 2025;
Published: 09 October 2025.

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*Correspondence: Yu-Tao Xiang, eHl1dGx5QGdtYWlsLmNvbQ==; Gang Wang, Z2FuZ3dhbmdkb2NAY2NtdS5lZHUuY24=; Chee H. Ng, Y25nQHVuaW1lbGIuZWR1LmF1

†These authors have contributed equally to this work

‡ORCID: Shu-Ying Rao, orcid.org/0009-0007-7502-5877

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