Alat Priya, Das Sitanshu Sekhar, Arora Alisha, Jha Amrit Kumar
Rajagiri Business School, Rajagiri Valley, Kakkanad, Kochi, Kerala 682039 India.
Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi, India.
Curr Psychol. 2023;42(3):1923-1935. doi: 10.1007/s12144-021-01516-x. Epub 2021 Mar 12.
The Government of India implemented a nationwide lockdown from March 24, 2020 in response to the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak. This study examines the effects of two positive psychological resources on the mental health of Indian citizens during the early days of the lockdown. The effects of psychological capital (PsyCap) and internal locus of control on psychological distress of people via affect balance were tested. Data were collected through an online survey from 667 participants. Psychological distress was assessed using the GHQ-12, and affect balance was assessed as the preponderance of positive over negative affect. Results reveal that psychological capital and internal locus of control were negatively associated with psychological distress. In addition, affect balance mediated the relationship between psychological capital and psychological distress and the relationship between internal locus of control and psychological distress. Thus, both the psychological resources through affect balance acted as buffers protecting people from mental health deterioration during COVID-19 lockdown. However, the direct and indirect effects of psychological capital on psychological distress is stronger than that of internal locus of control. Implications and directions for future research are discussed.
为应对冠状病毒病（COVID-19）疫情，印度政府自2020年3月24日起实施全国封锁。本研究考察了两种积极心理资源在封锁初期对印度公民心理健康的影响。测试了心理资本（PsyCap）和内控点通过情感平衡对人们心理困扰的影响。通过在线调查收集了667名参与者的数据。使用一般健康问卷-12（GHQ-12）评估心理困扰，并将情感平衡评估为积极情感超过消极情感的优势。结果显示，心理资本和内控点与心理困扰呈负相关。此外，情感平衡在心理资本与心理困扰的关系以及内控点与心理困扰的关系中起中介作用。因此，这两种心理资源都通过情感平衡起到了缓冲作用，保护人们在COVID-19封锁期间心理健康不恶化。然而，心理资本对心理困扰的直接和间接影响比内控点更强。讨论了研究的意义和未来研究的方向。
