Department of Psychological Sciences, Kent State University, P.O. Box 5190, Kent, OH, 44242, USA.
Department of Sociology, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 44242, USA.
Int J Behav Med. 2022 Aug;29(4):524-529. doi: 10.1007/s12529-021-10034-w. Epub 2021 Oct 12.
Pandemics can generate considerable distress, which can affect prevention behaviors. Resilience may buffer the negative effects of distress on engagement in relevant prevention behaviors, which may also hold true for COVID-19 prevention behaviors. The objective of the current study was to evaluate whether resilience moderated the relationship between distress and COVID-19 prevention behaviors early in the pandemic.
Data were collected via surveys in which all students at a large midwestern university were emailed invitations beginning March 18, 2020. Surveys were completed by 5,530 individuals. In addition to demographic questions and items about COVID-19 prevention behaviors, distress was assessed using the K6 Distress Scale and resilience using the Brief Resilience Scale. Data were analyzed using moderator regression analysis.
Resilience moderates the effects from distress to prevention behaviors, such that the relationship was stronger for individuals with higher resilience than for individuals with lower resilience. When resilience was one standard deviation below the mean, at the mean value of resilience, and when resilience was one standard deviation above the mean, there was a significant positive relationship between distress and COVID-19 prevention behaviors. However, the relationship was strongest for those with high resilience, and lowest for those with low resilience.
In the current sample, resilience appeared to influence the strength of the relationship between distress and COVID-19 prevention behaviors. Having higher resilience may promote positive adaptation to distress, leading individuals to engage in a greater number of disease-related prevention behaviors. Future research should examine this relationship longitudinally and in relation to differing constructs of resilience.
大流行可能会产生相当大的痛苦，这可能会影响预防行为。韧性可以缓冲痛苦对参与相关预防行为的负面影响，这对于 COVID-19 预防行为也可能是正确的。本研究的目的是评估韧性是否在大流行早期缓冲了痛苦与 COVID-19 预防行为之间的关系。
数据通过调查收集，在 2020 年 3 月 18 日开始，向一所中西部大型大学的所有学生发送电子邮件邀请。共有 5530 人完成了调查。除了人口统计学问题和 COVID-19 预防行为的项目外，痛苦使用 K6 痛苦量表进行评估，韧性使用简要韧性量表进行评估。使用 moderator 回归分析进行数据分析。
韧性调节了痛苦对预防行为的影响，对于韧性较高的个体，这种关系比韧性较低的个体更强。当韧性比平均值低一个标准差，处于韧性平均值，以及当韧性比平均值高一个标准差时，痛苦与 COVID-19 预防行为之间存在显著的正相关关系。然而，这种关系在高韧性者中最强，在低韧性者中最弱。
在当前样本中，韧性似乎影响了痛苦与 COVID-19 预防行为之间的关系强度。较高的韧性可能会促进对痛苦的积极适应，导致个体更多地参与与疾病相关的预防行为。未来的研究应该纵向和与不同韧性结构相关地检验这种关系。
