Psychosocial predictors of distress in East and West Germans during the COVID-19 pandemic.

IF 2.4 3区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Psychology & Health Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2023-10-20 DOI:10.1080/08870446.2023.2265929

Lea Jasmin Seidel-Koulaxis, Judith K Daniels, Brian D Ostafin

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Abstract

Background: Psychological (meaning in life, science attitude, internal locus of control, religiosity), and social factors (social support, cohesion) can counteract stressor-related distress. We investigated these factors' links with peri-pandemic distress (depression, anxiety, intrusions) and whether they weakened the impact of being affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. We compared prior East and West Germans on predictors and distress to investigate if their different backgrounds created lasting differences.

Methods: A population-representative German sample aged 45 to 70 (N = 380) in terms of age, sex, and school education completed online questionnaires in May-July 2020 and June-July 2021. We examined the predictive relations with correlation, forward inclusion regression, and moderation analyses.

Results: Social support predicted lower distress, also prospectively. Meaning in life predicted lower distress cross-sectionally. Religiosity predicted greater distress. Life meaning and social support partly weakened the link between being affected by the pandemic and distress, religiosity and science attitude strengthened this link. The only significant East/West difference was in religiosity, which was higher in the West.

Conclusion: Social resources appeared particularly important in adjusting to the pandemic. The identified predictors may inform interventions. East and West Germans' similarity might indicate that their post-war separation did not create lasting differences in the investigated factors.

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新冠肺炎大流行期间东德和西德人痛苦的心理社会预测因素。

背景：心理（生活意义、科学态度、内部控制源、宗教信仰）和社会因素（社会支持、凝聚力）可以抵消与压力源相关的痛苦。我们调查了这些因素与大流行期间的痛苦（抑郁、焦虑、入侵）的联系，以及它们是否削弱了受新冠肺炎大流行影响的影响。我们比较了以前的东德人和西德人的预测因素和痛苦，以调查他们的不同背景是否会产生持久的差异。方法：以德国45～70岁人群为代表（N = 380）在年龄、性别和学校教育方面于2020年5月至7月和2021年6月至7日完成了在线问卷调查。我们用相关性、正向包含回归和适度分析检验了预测关系。结果：社会支持预测了较低的痛苦，也是前瞻性的。生命的意义在横截面上预测了较低的痛苦。宗教信仰预示着更大的痛苦。生命意义和社会支持在一定程度上削弱了受疫情影响与痛苦之间的联系，宗教信仰和科学态度加强了这种联系。唯一显著的东西方差异是宗教信仰，这在西方更高。结论：社会资源在适应疫情方面显得尤为重要。所确定的预测因素可以为干预措施提供信息。东德人和西德人的相似性可能表明，他们战后的分离并没有在所调查的因素中产生持久的差异。

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Psychology & Health Multiple-

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7.30

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期刊介绍： Psychology & Health promotes the study and application of psychological approaches to health and illness. The contents include work on psychological aspects of physical illness, treatment processes and recovery; psychosocial factors in the aetiology of physical illnesses; health attitudes and behaviour, including prevention; the individual-health care system interface particularly communication and psychologically-based interventions. The journal publishes original research, and accepts not only papers describing rigorous empirical work, including meta-analyses, but also those outlining new psychological approaches and interventions in health-related fields.