Meaningful Living, Resilience, Affective Balance, and Psychological Health Problems during COVID-19

Abstract

The present study sought to investigate the mediating effect of the affective balance and resilience on the association between meaningful living and psychological health problems among Turkish young adults in the context of pandemic. Participants were 359 Turkish young adults, comprising of primarily female (68.2%), and their age ranged between 18 to 43 (age M = 20.67, SD = 3.62). Findings from this study indicated that meaningful living had a positive predictive effect on resilience and positive affect, as well as a negative predicative on psychological health challenges and negative affect. Resilience and affective balance also mediated the effect of meaningful living on psychological health of young adults. These results suggest that resilience and affective balance are important aspects of implementing meaning-based preventions and interventions. Thus, meaning–based prevention and intervention strategies could be designed to not only to improve individuals’ life meaning and purpose but also build up resilience and positive affective experiences to foster their psychological health.

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

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“…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. Although certain levels of anxiety and stress are natural responses to stressful situations (Roy et al 2020 ), higher risk of infection, fear, and anxiety corresponding to the disease can cause negative mental health outcomes both at an individual and societal levels (Ahorsu et al 2020 ; Arslan et al 2020a , b , c , d ; Burke and Arslan 2020 ; Yıldırım and Güler 2020 ).…”

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

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COVID-19 burnout, COVID-19 stress and resilience: Initial psychometric properties of COVID-19 Burnout Scale

“…Resilience can reduce the adverse effects of stress factors on mental health and promote positive mental health in difficult times such as pandemic. In a study conducted by Arslan, Yildirim, and Wong (2020), resilience was examined as a mediator in the relationship between positive affect, negative affect, and psychological health during COVID-19 pandemic. They found that resilience reduced the effect of negative affect and increased the effect of positive affect on psychological health.…”