Protective factors for the mental health of adolescents and young adults in coping with pandemic-related worries: A mediation study

IF 1.1 4区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Revista Latinoamericana De Psicologia Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI:10.14349/rlp.2022.v54.17

J. Castro-Calvo, Konstanze Schoeps, Inmaculada Montoya-Castilla, Constanza del Rosario

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Abstract

Introduction/objective: Worries regarding COVID-19 and its economic, social, and psychological consequences, together with the strict measures implemented to control this health crisis, have threatened the mental health of adolescents. The aim of this study was to test the mediating role of resilience and life satisfaction in the association between COVID-19 related worries and mental health among adolescents and young adults. Method: A total of 3485 participants between 14-29 years of age (Medad = 19.68, DT = 3.36) completed an online survey regarding pandemic-related worries, resilience, life satisfaction, and emotional symp-toms (depression, anxiety, and stress). Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was performed to test multi-group invariance. Results: Resilience and life satisfaction partly mediated the relationship between pandemic-related worries and emotional symptoms. Pandemic-related worries were positively associated with emotional symptoms. Resilience and life satisfaction mediated the impact of pandemic-related worries on emotional symptoms. The tested model was invariant according to gender and age. Conclusions: Our findings go beyond the con-text of the current pandemic, highlighting how young people’s worries regarding extraordi-nary circumstances may negatively impact on their mental health. This study highlights the mediating role of life satisfaction and resilience, thus emphasising the need for promoting these aspects to improve the mental health of young people during this global health crisis.

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青少年和青壮年应对流行病相关担忧的心理健康保护因素:一项中介研究

前言/目的:对COVID-19及其经济、社会和心理后果的担忧，以及为控制这一健康危机而采取的严格措施，威胁着青少年的心理健康。本研究的目的是检验弹性和生活满意度在青少年和年轻人COVID-19相关担忧与心理健康之间的中介作用。方法:共有3485名年龄在14-29岁之间的参与者(Medad = 19.68, DT = 3.36)完成了一项关于大流行相关担忧、恢复力、生活满意度和情绪症状(抑郁、焦虑和压力)的在线调查。采用结构方程模型(SEM)检验多组不变性。结果:心理韧性和生活满意度在流感相关担忧与情绪症状之间起部分中介作用。与大流行相关的担忧与情绪症状呈正相关。复原力和生活满意度在流行病相关担忧对情绪症状的影响中起中介作用。经检验的模型在性别和年龄上是不变的。结论:我们的研究结果超越了当前大流行的背景，强调了年轻人对特殊情况的担忧可能会对他们的心理健康产生负面影响。这项研究强调了生活满意度和适应能力的中介作用，从而强调需要促进这些方面，以改善这场全球健康危机期间年轻人的心理健康。

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Revista Latinoamericana De Psicologia PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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1.70

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20.00%

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期刊介绍： Revista latinoamericana de Psicología (RLP) is a four month publication from Konrad Lorenz Fundación Universitaria. The RLP evaluates works that belong to one of the following categories: original papers (with empiric and new information) of many psychology fields (regardless of the methodology used) or qualitative/quantitative systematic reviews. Eventually it will be interested on works’ revision related to the development psychology tools or softwares, original methodology papers and researches which evaluate psychology from scientometry. The RLP is not interested in publishing non-systematic reviews or states of the art, case studies, protocols studies, hypothesis or papers proposals, letters, commentaries or essays, opinions articles, politics documents nor other sort of secondary literature. Traditionally, there have been monographics, books’ reviews and “others” published in “Mundo de la Psicología”, nevertheless these modalities will not be considered.