Optimism as a protective factor against the psychological impact of COVID-19 pandemic through its effects on perceived stress and infection stress anticipation.
COVID-19
COVID-19-related stress anticipation
Optimism
Perceived stress
Post-traumatic stress symptoms
Psychological impact
Journal
Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.)
ISSN: 1046-1310
Titre abrégé: Curr Psychol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8912263
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
16 Mar 2022
16 Mar 2022
Historique:
accepted:
27
01
2022
entrez:
22
3
2022
pubmed:
23
3
2022
medline:
23
3
2022
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
The 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the recommended social isolation presented a challenge to people's mental health status. Optimism is a psychological factor that plays a key role in the evaluation of stressful situations. The purpose of this study was to investigate the mediating role of perceived stress and Covid-19-related stress anticipation in the relationship between optimism and post-traumatic stress symptoms. Our sample included 1015 participants ranging in age from 18 to 79 years, 80% of whom were Spaniards. At the beginning of the worldwide pandemic, participants were confined to their homes for at least seven days and completed an online survey measuring various sociodemographic and psychological variables. We found an indirect effect of optimism on intrusion and hyperarousal through perceived stress and stress anticipation. In addition, we observed an indirect effect of optimism on avoidance through perceived stress. Finally, the results showed a significant indirect effect of optimism on the total post-traumatic stress symptoms score through perceived stress and stress anticipation. Our results indicate that positive beliefs inherent to optimism are related to less psychological impact of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35313448
doi: 10.1007/s12144-022-02819-3
pii: 2819
pmc: PMC8925294
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
1-15Informations de copyright
© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2022.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflicts of InterestThe authors report no conflicts of interest. Moreover, they have read and followed the Current Psychology instructions for authors, and they alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper. The paper has been seen and approved by all authors. Authors has full control of all primary data and agree to allow the journal to review their data if requested. There were no previous published research about the topic of this manuscript. Moreover, there were no potential conflicts of interest with the organization that sponsored the research. This reported research is unpublished and not under consideration for publication elsewhere, and it does not contain data that are currently submitted or published elsewhere.
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