Casali Nicole, Feraco Tommaso, Meneghetti Chiara
Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Pentathlon Srl, Naples, Italy.
Psychol Health. 2022 Dec;37(12):1663-1679. doi: 10.1080/08870446.2021.1952587. Epub 2021 Jul 21.
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought negative and positive changes in the general population, with some people experiencing post-traumatic growth after the first wave. Little research has focused, however, on personal factors potentially helping individuals cope with COVID-related difficulties. This study investigates the relations between character strengths, mental health, and post-traumatic growth.
Longitudinal (T1: April 2020; T2: December 2020-January 2021).
254 Italian adults (54 males; mean age = 36.05, SD = 14.04) completed questionnaires on character and mental health at T1, and on mental health and post-traumatic growth at T2.
General mental health was worse at T2 than at T1. Structural equation modelling showed that character, as a whole, had a significant direct effect on post-traumatic growth and mental health at T2, and an indirect effect mediated by post-traumatic growth. Furthermore, regression analyses evidenced that the virtue of transcendence was uniquely related to mental health at T2, while humanity was specifically associated with post-traumatic growth (after accounting for the other virtues).
Individuals' character strengths related to their mental health and post-traumatic growth during the COVID-19 pandemic, with evidence of post-traumatic growth mediating the relation between character and mental health.
新冠疫情给普通人群带来了负面和正面的变化，一些人在第一波疫情后经历了创伤后成长。然而，很少有研究关注可能帮助个人应对与新冠相关困难的个人因素。本研究调查性格优势、心理健康和创伤后成长之间的关系。
纵向研究（T1：2020年4月；T2：2020年12月至2021年1月）。
254名意大利成年人（54名男性；平均年龄 = 36.05，标准差 = 14.04）在T1时完成了关于性格和心理健康的问卷，在T2时完成了关于心理健康和创伤后成长的问卷。
T2时的总体心理健康状况比T1时更差。结构方程模型显示，总体而言，性格在T2时对创伤后成长和心理健康有显著的直接影响，并通过创伤后成长产生间接影响。此外，回归分析表明，超越美德与T2时的心理健康独特相关，而人性则与创伤后成长特别相关（在考虑其他美德之后）。
在新冠疫情期间，个体的性格优势与他们的心理健康和创伤后成长相关，有证据表明创伤后成长在性格与心理健康之间起中介作用。
