Loneliness and Psychological Distress: A Mediating Role of Meaning in Life during COVID-19 Pandemic

Murat Yıldırım
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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic represents a health crisis with a high amount of loneliness, which in turn may be associated with negative mental health outcome like psychological distress. This chapter aimed to investigate if meaning in life mediated the effect of loneliness on symptoms of psychological distress. A young adult sample (N = 605, 75.7% women) completed the measures of loneliness, psychological distress, and meaning in life. The results indicated that meaning in life mediated the relations between loneliness and psychological distress symptoms. This relation was significant at low, medium, and high levels of meaning in life. The study shows that experience of loneliness is associated with symptoms of psychological distress. Level of meaning in life differentiates the direct and indirect effect of loneliness on psychological distress. Knowledge about the effect of loneliness in response to a health crisis is important for developing treatment and prevention strategies for loneliness, psychological distress, and meaning in life.
孤独和心理困扰:COVID-19大流行期间生活意义的中介作用
2019冠状病毒病大流行代表了一场健康危机,伴随着高度的孤独感,这反过来可能与心理困扰等负面心理健康结果有关。本章旨在探讨生活意义是否介导孤独对心理困扰症状的影响。一个年轻的成年人样本(N = 605, 75.7%是女性)完成了孤独、心理困扰和生活意义的测量。结果表明,生活意义在孤独感与心理困扰症状之间起中介作用。这种关系在低、中、高水平的生活意义上都是显著的。研究表明,孤独的经历与心理困扰的症状有关。生活意义的水平区分了孤独对心理困扰的直接和间接影响。了解孤独对健康危机的影响,对于制定治疗和预防孤独、心理困扰和生活意义的策略非常重要。
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