Purpose in Life and Character Strengths as Predictors of Health Sciences Students’ Psychopathology During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Echeverria, Iván; Peraire, Marc; Penadés, Danaide; Quintero, Valentina; Benito, Ana; Almodóvar, Isabel; Haro, Gonzalo

doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2022.932249

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“…Moreover, these repertoires might help them connect with larger life values, leading to better health outcomes. Taken together, these findings corroborate the literature on how these personal resources might act as protective factors against the deleterious effects of stressors on mental health, especially in the COVID-19 context (Echeverria et al, 2022;Kang et al, 2021). In the present study, what is surprising, however, is the mediating role that EM and PL played in the relationships between mindfulness and psychological distress indicators.…”

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“…For instance, Kang et al (2021) found adults high in PL were more likely to report lower levels of loneliness and be more engaged in COVID‐19‐protective behaviours. Similarly, Echeverria et al (2022) pointed out that PL protected college students' mental health against depression and other indicators of psychopathology during the pandemic. In studying the same population, Verhaeghen (2021) observed that mindfulness significantly predicted PL.…”

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“…For instance, Kang et al (2021) found adults high in PL were more likely to report lower levels of loneliness and be more engaged in COVID-19-protective behaviours. Similarly, Echeverria et al (2022) pointed out that PL protected college students' mental health against depression and other indicators…”

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Mindfulness and psychological distress in men during the COVID‐19 pandemic: The mediating role of environmental mastery and purpose in life

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Sousa

Aguiar

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Couns and Psychother Res

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Men's mental health has been severely affected during the COVID‐19 pandemic, with many studies focussing on the determinants of men's psychological distress. This study aimed at examining the relationships between mindfulness, environmental mastery (EM), purpose in life (PL) and indicators of psychological distress (i.e., common mental disorders and perceived stress). This was a cross‐sectional online study in which participants were 1,006 men aged between 29 and 39 years (45.1%), residing in Brazil during the first wave of the COVID‐19 pandemic. A parallel multiple mediator model was used to test the study variables' relationships, using mindfulness as the independent variable and indicators of psychological distress as the dependent variables. Results indicated that EM and PL significantly mediated the effects of mindfulness on men's psychological distress, lowering its levels and accounting for 31% of common mental disorders and 51% of perceived stress. Implications for public health policies and clinical practice are discussed.

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Mindfulness and psychological distress in men during the COVID‐19 pandemic: The mediating role of environmental mastery and purpose in life

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“…The logistic regressions we carried out showed that PIL was most consistently related to burnout, with the total PIL score and the score for its emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and personal fulfillment dimensions representing predictors of the presence of burnout. Some previous studies that sought to relate PIL to the presence of psychopathology indicated that high levels of PIL were related to a reduction in the appearance of symptoms of anxiety and depression ( 36 – 38 ). PIL has also been linked to lower levels of hopelessness and worry in patients with eating disorders ( 39 ).…”

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Burnout, psychopathology and purpose in life in healthcare workers during COVID-19 pandemic

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Rojas

Echeverria

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ObjectivesThe COVID-19 pandemic has led to a significant increase in the workload of healthcare workers that, together with the risks associated with exposure to this new virus, has affected their mental health. The objective of the current study was to determine the prevalence of psychopathology and burnout syndrome in healthcare workers and the predictive role of purpose in life and moral courage in this relationship.MethodsA cross-sectional study was carried out in 115 Spanish healthcare workers.ResultsParticipants with burnout had higher anxiety (p = 0.001), depression (p < 0.001), post-traumatic stress (p = 0.01) and alcohol consumption (p = 0.03) levels. The different components of burnout (emotional fatigue and despersonalization) were associated with the occurrence of anxiety (OR = 0.31) and depression (OR = 0.26), respectively. A strong purpose in life decreased emotional fatigue (OR = −0.39) depersonalization (OR = −0.23) scores, increased personal accomplishment (OR = 0.52), subsequently reducing burnout levels (OR = −0.45).ConclusionsPurpose in life was most strongly related to decreased levels of burnout. Furthermore, an association between anxiety, depression and the components of burnout was found.

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“…Purpose Orientation and DepressionHowever, most of the instruments used in previous research about the relationship between purpose and depression only measure the intensity of purpose without focusing on the content of purpose,23 which may ignore significant individual differences 24. This study focused on purpose orientation, defined as the content of one's life purpose, which was found to lead to different patterns of living and to be differentially related to well-being 25.…”

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Purpose Orientation and Its Protective Effect on Self-Esteem Among Chinese Depressive Patients: A Comparative Study

Lyu,

Gai,

Zhong

2023

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Although previous studies have confirmed that purpose in life may negatively predict depressive symptoms, focusing on the intensity of purpose without focusing on content may ignore significant individual differences. This study explores differences in purpose orientations between depressive patients and healthy population to examine the relationship between the purpose content and self-esteem, one of the symptoms of depression. In addition, the moderating role of purpose orientations in the relationship between depression and self-esteem was analyzed to verify the protective effect of purpose orientation on self-esteem. Patients and Methods:The study utilized the questionnaire approach. The Purpose Orientation Scale (Self and Forced Rating) and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale were administered to the participants. The study recruited 73 depressive patients using convenience sampling. Moreover, using random sampling, 146 participants matched based on depressive patients' demographics were selected as a healthy population in a 1:2 ratio. Results: The results showed that: 1) depressive patients valued all four types of purpose orientations to a lesser extent compared to healthy population, both depressive patients and healthy population valued family well-being and personal growth to a greater extent than personal well-being and social promotion. 2) Depressive patients reported lower self-esteem than healthy people. 3) All four types of Purpose orientations positively correlated with self-esteem in depressive patients, while only personal well-being positively correlated with self-esteem in healthy population. Family well-being and social promotion moderated the predictive effect of depression on self-esteem. Conclusion:The above results imply that prosocial purpose orientations may attenuate the harmful effects of depression on selfesteem. Additionally, intervention focusing on enhancing depressive patients' purpose in life (especially prosocial purpose) could be helpful.

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Purpose in Life and Character Strengths as Predictors of Health Sciences Students’ Psychopathology During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Cited by 8 publications

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Mindfulness and psychological distress in men during the COVID‐19 pandemic: The mediating role of environmental mastery and purpose in life

Mindfulness and psychological distress in men during the COVID‐19 pandemic: The mediating role of environmental mastery and purpose in life

Burnout, psychopathology and purpose in life in healthcare workers during COVID-19 pandemic

Purpose Orientation and Its Protective Effect on Self-Esteem Among Chinese Depressive Patients: A Comparative Study

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