Humphrey Ashley, Vari Olivia
School of Science, Psychology and Sport, Federation University, Mount Helen 3350, Victoria, Australia.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2021 Apr 13;11(4):50. doi: 10.3390/bs11040050.
Past research has found that a perceived meaning in life can act as a protective factor against adverse mental health symptomology, while also providing coping resources to buffer against the impact of negative life events. The current research investigated how the impact of self-perceived meaning in life as well as its predictors interact with stressors and worry related to the COVID-19 pandemic. We collected survey based data ( = 260) from Australian participants during the pandemic, measuring their meaning in life, orientation to differing life goals and COVID-19 related stressors via the impact of events scale. We found that meaning in life predicted less stress and worry associated with COVID-19. We also found that intrinsic based aspirations related positively to meaning in life within this context whereas extrinsic based goals related negatively to it, although these aspirations were not significant in reducing the stressors associated with COVID-19. These results reinforce past findings that meaning in life can effectively buffer against the impact of negative life events such as the COVID-19 pandemic. They also suggest that intrinsic based aspirations centred on relationships and self-acceptance may be an important mechanism in how people choose to pursue life meaning during uncertain life events.
过去的研究发现，感知到的生活意义可以作为抵御不良心理健康症状的保护因素，同时还能提供应对资源，以缓冲负面生活事件的影响。当前的研究调查了自我感知的生活意义的影响及其预测因素如何与与新冠疫情相关的压力源和担忧相互作用。我们在疫情期间从澳大利亚参与者那里收集了基于调查的数据（n = 260），通过事件影响量表测量他们的生活意义、对不同生活目标的取向以及与新冠疫情相关的压力源。我们发现，生活意义预示着与新冠疫情相关的压力和担忧会减少。我们还发现，在这种情况下，基于内在的抱负与生活意义呈正相关，而基于外在的目标与生活意义呈负相关，尽管这些抱负在减轻与新冠疫情相关的压力源方面并不显著。这些结果强化了过去的研究发现，即生活意义可以有效地缓冲诸如新冠疫情这样的负面生活事件的影响。它们还表明，以人际关系和自我接纳为中心的基于内在的抱负可能是人们在不确定的生活事件中选择追求生活意义的重要机制。
