Mediating Effect of Personal Meaning in the Prediction of Life Satisfaction and Mental Health Problems Based on Coronavirus Suffering

Arslan, Gökmen; Yıldırım, Murat; Leung, Mega M.

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.638379

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“…Meaning in life has been associated with many positive life outcomes such as positive emotions Park et al, 2010;Steger et al, 2008b), self-esteem, self-acceptance (Steger et al, 2008b), hope (Feldman & Snyder, 2005), mental and physical health Steger, 2017). Research has also supported the role of meaning in life in life satisfaction (Arslan et al, 2021;Pan et al, 2008;Park et al, 2010;Karatas et al 2021, Steger et al 2008a, wellbeing (Alandete et al, 2013;Damasio et al, 2013;Yıldırım, Arslan, & Wong, 2021) and happiness (Nasiri & Bahram, 2008;Park et al, 2010;Shin et al, 2005). Park et al (2010) found that not only the presence of meaning in life but also search for meaning is positively related to life satisfaction and happiness, and negatively related to depression.…”

Section: Journal Of Happiness and Healthmentioning

confidence: 94%

Relationships between Life Satisfaction, Happiness and Meaning in Life in Pregnancy during COVID-19 Pandemic

Albertova

Boleková

2022

JOHAH

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While it was established that COVID-19 pandemic had negative consequences on several aspects of mental health, little is known about the role of positive mental health indicators in pregnant women during this period. The purpose of the present study was to examine relationships between meaning in life, life satisfaction and happiness and the extent to which meaning in life predicts life satisfaction and happiness. The sample consisted of 161 pregnant women from Slovakia. Data were collecting using Life Meaningfulness Scale, Satisfaction with Life Scale and Subjective Happiness Scale. As predicted, results showed that meaning in life is a predictor of life satisfaction and happiness. Higher happiness was related to increasing degree of meaning in life and absence of pregnancy-related health problems. 65% of participants reported high level of satisfaction with life and 48% of participants reported higher happiness than average person. These findings provide evidence for associations between meaning in life, life satisfaction and happiness in Slovak pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic and indicate that despite negative consequences of the pandemic, positive indicators of mental health in pregnancy play a significant role

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Section: Journal Of Happiness and Healthmentioning

confidence: 94%

Relationships between Life Satisfaction, Happiness and Meaning in Life in Pregnancy during COVID-19 Pandemic

Albertova

Boleková

2022

JOHAH

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“…Hoarding in general, and food hoarding specifically, provides hope and security (Akhtar 2019 ). This optimism and confidence in being able to withstand the unknown provided a feeling of stability and helped mitigate the feeling of anxiety of the unknown (Arslan et al 2021 ). There is also a sense of pleasure or accomplishment after successfully locating an item that is in short supply (Akhtar 2019 ).…”

Section: Pandemic Induced Food Behaviorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Some of what was learned will ease anxiety during surges, and long into the future if, or when, we see this virus or another pandemic again. The resilience and empowerment of living through a pandemic will make us better able to act through the lens of life satisfaction and life meaning which could translate to more concern for those around us (Arslan et al 2021 ). Prepared home pantries, not ones that exhibit hoarding, more acceptance of canned foods, more access to personally or locally grown fresh foods, and more personal autonomy during dependence are elements that may persist as we continue to live with Covid-19.…”

Section: Pandemic Induced Food Behaviorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Food sovereignty and sustainability mid-pandemic: how Michigan’s experience of Covid-19 highlights chasms in the food system

King

McFarland

2021

Agric Hum Values

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This paper offers observations on people’s lived experience of the food system in Michigan during the early Covid-19 pandemic as an initial critical foray into the everyday pandemic food world. The Covid-19 crisis illuminates a myriad of adaptive food behaviors, as people struggle to address their destabilized lives, including the casual acknowledgement of the pandemic, then anxiety of the unknown, the subsequent new dependency, and the possible emergence of a new normal. The pandemic makes the injustices inherent in the food system apparent across communities, demonstrating that food injustice destabilizes all members of the food system, regardless of their social location. The challenges of eating in a pandemic also reinforce the importance of building a sustainable food system; the challenges of food sovereignty and food sustainability are inextricably linked, and the pandemic lays this bare.

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“…Since life satisfaction refers to people's positive evaluation of their life, and happiness also reflects, among other aspects, positivity [68], it can be assumed that meaning in life may be a predictor of positive orientation. In fact, longitudinal evidence has confirmed that meaning is an antecedent of life satisfaction [63], a source of well-being [72,74], a predictor of self-esteem [75] and interpersonal well-being outcomes [76], and a contributor to personal growth [77]. Taking into account the previous findings, we suggested that: Hypothesis H3 (H3).…”

Section: Meaning In Life and Positive Orientationmentioning

confidence: 65%

The Big Five Personality Traits and Positive Orientation in Polish Adults with Multiple Sclerosis: The Role of Meaning in Life

Szczęśniak

Potemkowski

Brola

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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Scientific achievements concerning the direct relation between personality traits and positive orientation among patients with multiple sclerosis do not explain the role of potential mediators. In fact, some researchers argue that the traits–positivity association is much more complex than it seems to be. For this reason, we made an attempt to analyze the indirect relationship between the above-mentioned variables, including meaning in life as a mediator. In total, 618 patients with MS took part in the study. The NEO Five-Factor Inventory, the Positive Orientation Scale, and the Meaning in Life Questionnaire were used. The results showed that positive orientation/the presence of meaning/searching for meaning correlated positively with extraversion, openness to experience, agreeableness, and conscientiousness, and were negatively associated with neuroticism. Moreover, meaning in life in both its dimensions acted as a mediator in 9 of 10 models. It can be assumed that a propensity to establish interpersonal relationships (extraversion), use active imagination (openness), inspire confidence among others (agreeableness), and take responsibility (conscientiousness) can have an impact on someone’s positive attitude toward oneself and the surrounding world (positive orientation) when people have meaning in life and when they are seeking it.

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Mediating Effect of Personal Meaning in the Prediction of Life Satisfaction and Mental Health Problems Based on Coronavirus Suffering

Cited by 19 publications

References 56 publications

Relationships between Life Satisfaction, Happiness and Meaning in Life in Pregnancy during COVID-19 Pandemic

Relationships between Life Satisfaction, Happiness and Meaning in Life in Pregnancy during COVID-19 Pandemic

Food sovereignty and sustainability mid-pandemic: how Michigan’s experience of Covid-19 highlights chasms in the food system

The Big Five Personality Traits and Positive Orientation in Polish Adults with Multiple Sclerosis: The Role of Meaning in Life

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