Purpose in life, stress mindset, and perceived stress: Test of a mediational model.
Purpose in life, stress mindset, and perceived stress: Test of a mediational model.
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DOI：
10.1016/j.paid.2023.112227
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发表时间：
2023-08
影响因子：
4.3
通讯作者：
A. Sutin;Martina Luchetti;Y. Stephan;Amanda A. Sesker;A. Terracciano
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作者：
A. Sutin;Martina Luchetti;Y. Stephan;Amanda A. Sesker;A. Terracciano
生活目标与更少的压力和更积极的世界观相关。这项研究探讨了有更多目标的人是否会采取一种将压力视为有益而非有害的心态，以及这种心态是否是目标和减轻压力之间的一种机制。我们使用了一项短期纵向研究（N = 2147）来测试压力心态作为大流行之前测量的生活目的和大流行早期测量的压力之间的中介因素。我们还测试了与新冠病毒相关的担忧作为一种机制，因为测量期间跨越了大流行前到美国首次停工。与预期相反，目的与压力被概念化为有益还是有害无关（b = 0.00，SE = 0.02；p = .710），因此压力心态不会调节目的和压力之间的预期关联。人生目标 (b = −0.41，SE = 0.04，p< .001) 和压力心态 (b = −0.24，SE = 0.04；p< .001) 都是压力的独立前瞻性预测因子。目的与较少与新冠相关的担忧有关，这是目的和压力之间的重要机制（间接影响 = −0.03，SE = 0.01；p= .023）。压力增强的心态预示着压力会减少，但并不能解释为什么目标与感知到的压力减少有关，而与新冠相关的担忧减少是从目标到减少压力的一种途径。
Purpose in life is associated with less perceived stress and more positive worldviews. This study examined whether people with more purpose adopt a mindset that views stress as beneficial rather than harmful and whether this mindset is one mechanism between purpose and less stress. We used a short-term longitudinal study (N= 2147) to test stress mindset as a mediator between purpose in life measured prior to the pandemic and stress measured early in the pandemic. We also tested Covid-related worry as a mechanism, given the measurement period spanned pre-pandemic to the first shutdowns in the United States. In contrast to expectations, purpose was unrelated to whether stress was conceptualized as beneficial or harmful (b = 0.00, SE = 0.02;p= .710) and thus stress mindset did not mediate the prospective association between purpose and stress. Both purpose in life (b = −0.41, SE = 0.04,p< .001) and stress mindset (b = −0.24, SE = 0.04;p< .001) were independent prospective predictors of stress. Purpose was related to less Covid-related worry, which was a significant mechanism between purpose and stress (indirect effect = −0.03, SE = 0.01;p= .023). A stress-is-enhancing mindset predicted less stress but did not explain why purpose was associated with less perceived stress, whereas fewer Covid-related worries was one pathway from purpose to less stress.