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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on subjective mental well-being: The interplay of perceived threat, future anxiety and resilience
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The COVID-19 pandemic has potentially a serious impact on many people's mental well-being. This study analyses the influence of the perceived threat of COVID-19 on subjective mental well-being with an online survey (n = 711). Findings confirmed the hypothesized model that provides a process explanation for this effect through the mediating influence of the activation of future anxiety. In addition, results confirmed that this influence via future anxiety is moderated by resilience, a personality trait that enables individuals to cope better with stressful or traumatic events. Individuals with higher levels of resilience compared to those with lower levels registered a lower impact of perceived Covid threat on future anxiety and, in turn, on subjective well-being. This study contributes theoretically to a better understanding of the factors that determine the impact of traumatic events such as a pandemic on people's mental health. The implications of this study indicate interventions that may be carried out to minimize the pandemic's negative psychological consequences.
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“Existing research has found that COVID-19 perceived threat increases future anxiety [13] and that future anxiety predicted mobile phone addiction [14].”
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“Additionally, the COVID-19 outbreak has exacerbated economic and social problems, including unemployment and economic recession, generating anticipatory fears that in turn increase anxiety regarding the future [13].”
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“Research further suggests that trait optimism and trait resilience may serve as buffers against the effects of pandemic-related distress (Taylor, 2019; Barzilay et al., 2020; Paredes et al., 2021).”
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“For example, Paredes et al. [13] found that future anxiety mediated the association between the perceived threat of COVID-19 and mental well-being.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Paredes, M. R., Apaolaza, V., Fernandez-Robin, C., Hartmann, P., & Yañez-Martinez, D.
- Affiliations
- Universidad del Rosario (CO)
- University of the Basque Country (ES)
- Corresponding author
- Paredes, Mario R.
- Venue
- Personality and Individual Differences
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2021-02
- Volume
- 170
- Pages
- 110455
- ISSN
- 0191-8869 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC7552984
- OpenAlex
- W3092688451
- Cited by
- 383
- References
- 62
- Citations by year
- 2026: 25 · 2025: 38 · 2024: 37 · 2023: 80 · 2022: 115 · 2021: 83
- FWCI
- 28.12
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Personality and Individual Differences (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad, Gobierno de España
- European Regional Development Fund (ECO2016-76348-R)
- Agencia Estatal de Investigación
- Eusko Jaurlaritza (IT-952-16, GIC 15/128)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
- Keywords
- COVID-19 pandemic, subjective well-being, threat perception, future anxiety, resilience, psychological impact of pandemic, mediation, moderation, personality traits
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