Psychological Functioning of Slovene Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Does Resilience Matter?
Psychological Functioning of Slovene Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Does Resilience Matter?
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DOI：
10.1007/s11126-020-09789-4
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发表时间：
2020-06-17
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Zager Kocjan, Gaja
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作者：
Kavcic, Tina;Avsec, Andreja;Zager Kocjan, Gaja
作为一种公共卫生紧急情况，大流行病增加了对不利心理后果的易感性。本研究旨在调查2019冠状病毒病爆发初期斯洛文尼亚成年人心理健康和压力这两个方面的个人复原力的缓冲作用。在斯洛文尼亚宣布流行病后的五天内，2722名参与者（75%为女性）完成了一项在线调查，测量心理健康和感知压力作为结果变量，人口统计学，健康相关变量和个人弹性作为预测变量。分层逻辑回归分析表明，女性、年轻人和受教育程度较低的参与者在COVID-19爆发期间心理功能不佳的几率较高。此外，较差的健康指标和对COVID-19感染的担忧预示着心理功能减弱。在COVID-19大流行期间，促进良好心理功能的关键因素是复原力，此外还缓冲了人口和健康相关变量对心理健康和感知压力的不利影响。虽然之前的研究表明，大流行期间心理健康问题会增加，但预防这些问题并增强心理功能的一种方法是建立个人的复原力。干预措施应特别针对年轻人、妇女、受教育程度较低的人以及主观认为自己健康状况较差的人。
As a public health emergency, a pandemic increases susceptibility to unfavourable psychological outcomes. The aim of the present study was to investigate the buffering role of personal resilience in two aspects of psychological functioning, mental health and stress, among Slovene adults at the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak. Within five days after Slovenia declared epidemics, 2722 participants (75% female) completed an on-line survey measuring mental health and perceived stress as outcome variables and demographics, health-related variables, and personal resilience as predictor variables. Hierarchical logistic regression analyses demonstrated that women, younger, and less educated participants had higher odds for less favourable psychological functioning during the COVID-19 outbreak. In addition, poorer health indicators and COVID-19 infection concerns predicted diminished psychological functioning. The crucial factor promoting good psychological functioning during the COVID-19 pandemics was resilience, additionally buffering against detrimental effects of demographic and health-related variables on mental health and perceived stress. While previous research suggests that mental health problems increase during pandemics, one way to prevent these problems and bolster psychological functioning is to build individuals' resilience. The interventions should be targeted particularly at younger adults, women, less educated people, and individuals who subjectively perceive their health to be rather poor.