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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Front. Psychol.</journal-id>
<journal-title>Frontiers in Psychology</journal-title>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1527505</article-id>
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<article-title>Retraction: Relationship between acute stress responses and quality of life in Chinese health care workers during the COVID-19 outbreak</article-title>
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<fn fn-type="edited-by"><p>Approved by: Frontiers Editorial Office, Frontiers Media SA, Switzerland</p></fn>
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<day>25</day>
<month>11</month>
<year>2024</year>
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<year>2024</year>
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<day>13</day>
<month>11</month>
<year>2024</year>
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<day>13</day>
<month>11</month>
<year>2024</year>
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<related-article id="RA1" related-article-type="retracted-article" journal-id="Front. Psychol." journal-id-type="nlm-ta" vol="12" page="599136" xlink:href="10.3389/fpsyg.2021.599136" ext-link-type="doi">A Retraction of the Original Research Article <article-title>Relationship between acute stress responses and quality of life in Chinese health care workers during the COVID-19 outbreak</article-title> by Zhang, L., Ji, R., Ji, Y., Liu, M., Wang, R., and Xu, C. (2021). <italic>Front. Psychol</italic>. 12:599136. doi: <object-id>10.3389/fpsyg.2021.599136</object-id></related-article>
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<p>The journal retracts the 2021 article cited above.</p>
<p>Following publication, concerns were raised regarding the provenance of the patient data used in this study. During an investigation conducted in accordance with Frontiers&#x00027; policies, the authors confirmed the existence of a conflict over the ownership of the patient data between different research groups. Unauthorized use of data is a violation of Frontiers&#x00027; guidelines and those of the Committee on Publication Ethics. As such, this article has been retracted.</p>
<p>The retraction was approved by the Chief Editors of Psychology and the Chief Executive Editor of Frontiers. The authors collaborated in the investigation and approved the retraction.</p>
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