The role of cognitive flexibility and hope in the relationship between loneliness and psychological adjustment: a moderated mediation model

IF 2.2 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Educational and Developmental Psychologist Pub Date : 2022-03-20 DOI:10.1080/20590776.2022.2050460

Seher Akdeniz, Zeynep Gültekin Ahçı

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ABSTRACT Objectives The COVID-19 pandemic caused people to suffer from secondary problems such as social isolation and loneliness as well as experiencing anxiety about catching and spreading the virus. Existing research emphasizes the roles of cognitive flexibility and hope for psychological adjustment but the mediating and moderating mechanisms have not yet been researched widely. Therefore, this study examined whether hope mediated the relationship between loneliness and psychological adjustment problems and whether cognitive flexibility moderated this mediation effect of hope in the relationship between loneliness and psychological adjustment problems during the COVID-19 pandemic curfew in Turkey. Methods A total of 512 Turkish students and young adults completed UCLA Loneliness Scale, Brief Psychological Adjustment Scale, Dispositional Hope Scale, and Cognitive Flexibility Inventory for this cross-sectional study. Results The results indicated that loneliness had a significant and positive predictive effect on the psychological adjustment problems and that this relationship was partially mediated by hope. Further, psychological flexibility moderated the relationship between loneliness and hope. Conclusions The current study contributes a better understanding of the influence of loneliness on psychological adjustment, especially during the COVID-19 curfew period. KEY POINTS What is already known about this topic: (1) Loneliness is positively associated with psychological adjustment problems. (2) Hope proved to play an important role in psychological adjustment during the COVID-19 pandemic. (3) Cognitive flexibility is positively related to hope. What this topic adds: (1) Hope mediates the relationship between loneliness and psychological adjustment problems during the COVID-19 curfew. (2) The association between loneliness and hope is moderated by cognitive flexibility, such that the association becomes weaker for those who report higher levels of cognitive flexibility. (3) The indirect effect of loneliness on psychological adjustment problems via hope is conditional on the levels of cognitive flexibility.

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认知灵活性和希望在孤独与心理适应关系中的作用:一个有调节的中介模型

【摘要】目的新冠肺炎疫情给人们带来了社交孤立、孤独感等继发性问题，以及对感染和传播病毒的焦虑。现有研究强调认知灵活性的作用，希望在心理调节中发挥作用，但对认知灵活性的调节和调节机制的研究还不够深入。因此，本研究考察了在土耳其COVID-19大流行宵禁期间，希望是否介导了孤独感与心理适应问题之间的关系，以及认知灵活性是否调节了希望在孤独感与心理适应问题之间的中介作用。方法对512名土耳其学生和青壮年进行了UCLA孤独量表、简要心理适应量表、性格希望量表和认知灵活性量表的横断面研究。结果孤独感对心理适应问题有显著的正向预测作用，希望在其中起部分中介作用。此外，心理灵活性调节了孤独与希望之间的关系。结论本研究有助于更好地理解孤独感对心理适应的影响，特别是在COVID-19宵禁期间。(1)孤独感与心理适应问题呈正相关。(2)新冠肺炎疫情期间，希望在心理调节中发挥了重要作用。(3)认知灵活性与希望呈正相关。本课题补充:(1)新冠肺炎宵禁期间，希望在孤独感与心理适应问题之间起中介作用。(2)孤独感与希望之间的关联受认知灵活性的调节，认知灵活性越高，孤独感与希望之间的关联越弱。(3)孤独感通过希望对心理适应问题的间接影响以认知灵活性水平为条件。

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Educational and Developmental Psychologist PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL-

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期刊介绍： Published biannually, this quality, peer-reviewed journal publishes psychological research that makes a substantial contribution to the knowledge and practice of education and developmental psychology. The broad aims are to provide a vehicle for dissemination of research that is of national and international significance to the researchers, practitioners and students of educational and developmental psychology.