Exploring the associations between resilience, dispositional hope, preventive behaviours, subjective well-being, and psychological health among adults during early stage of COVID-19

Abstract

During the pandemic, people may experience various mental health problems. Psychological strengths may help them to cope with emerging challenges and foster mental health and well-being. This study examined the associations between resilience, dispositional hope, preventive behaviours, subjective well-being, and psychological health among adults during early stage of COVID-19. A total of 220 participants from general public participated this study completing a battery of measures (134 men [ M age = 42.36 years, SD = 8.99, range = 18 to 60] and 86 women [ M age = 36.73 years, SD = 7.44, range = 18 to 51]). This cross-section study indicated that resilience mediated the relationship between hope and psychological health and subjective well-being. Results also showed that hope, and resilience had significant direct effects on psychological health, and subjective well-being while preventive behaviours did not manifest a significant effect on these two variables except on resilience. Preventive behaviours mediated the relationship between hope and resilience. The results suggest that we should more pay attention to hope and resilience for the development and improvement of well-being and psychological health during the times of crisis.

Meaning in Life, Religious Coping, and Loneliness During the Coronavirus Health Crisis in Turkey

“…To control the spread of the virus, the Turkish government implemented a variety of COVID-19-related measures that required citizens to stay at home other than for necessities and urgencies. For example, Turkish government declared partial lockdown as a preventive measure against the virus as well as travel restrictions in-and-out of large cities (Yıldırım and Arslan 2020 ). This deadly disease is not only causing deaths of millions of people across the globe, but also leading to adverse psychological outcomes for infected people and healthy individuals.…”

Psychological Maltreatment and Spiritual Wellbeing in Turkish College Young Adults: Exploring the Mediating Effect of College Belonging and Social Support

“…Theoretically, social support is an essential resource to foster both people’s wellbeing and resilience against stressors (Cohen et al 1986 ; Cohen and Wills 1985 ; Tanhan 2019 ; Yıldırım and Çelik-Tanrıverdi 2020 ). When people are faced with adversities, they need various resources provided by other people to deal with these experiences, which in turn positively contribute to their wellbeing (Arslan 2018b ; Yıldırım and Arslan 2020 ; Yıldırım et al 2020 ). However, people who have suffered psychological maltreatment are more likely to experience challenges in their abilities to evaluate and recognize the social support resources from others (Luo et al 2020 ; Tanhan 2019 ), which may lead to increased negative feelings and thoughts (e.g., loneliness, distress, stigma), and in turn, causes decreased wellbeing (Allen et al 2020 ; Yıldırım et al 2020 ).…”

A Moderated Mediation Effect of Stress-Related Growth and Meaning in Life in the Association Between Coronavirus Suffering and Satisfaction With Life: Development of the Stress-Related Growth Measure

“…While some people experience severe mental well-being problems, others can report various positives changes such as better psychosocial adjustment and personal growth in the face of this crisis. At such times, resilient individuals can better cope with disease-related demands (Yildirim and Arslan, 2020 ) by experiencing stress-related growth. The term stress-related growth refers to positive psychological changes that people experience due to overcoming stress or adversity.…”