Stone Bryant M
Department of Psychology, Southern Illinois University, 1125 Lincoln Drive, Carbondale, IL 62901 USA.
Curr Psychol. 2022 Aug 4:1-12. doi: 10.1007/s12144-022-03504-1.
The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly negatively affected individuals' quality of life through multiple means such as social isolation, exacerbated mental health conditions, and financial instability. Multiple studies have demonstrated that one of the negative correlates of quality of life is the perceived danger of COVID-19 (i.e., fear of and anxiety about COVID-19). The current study addresses limitations in the literature by testing how life changes from COVID-19 explain the direct effect of the perceived danger of COVID-19 on quality of life using a United States sample between those who have had COVID-19 compared to those who have not had COVID-19. Undergraduate students ( = 196) from a Midwestern University in the United States participated in this study for course credit (White: = 109; 55.61%; Male: = 94; 48.0%). Participants completed this study online and at home where they responded to a demographic form and several measures of the effects of COVID-19 and quality of life. The results suggest that COVID-19 life changes fully explain the negative relationship between the perceived danger of COVID-19 and quality of life, but only in those who have had COVID-19. In the group that has never had COVID-19, the only significant relationship was the positive relationship between the perceived danger of COVID-19 on COVID-19 life changes. The results suggest that researchers may consider steering research away from the perceived danger of COVID-19 and onto remedying life changes from COVID-19 to improve individuals' quality of life. I further discuss the theoretical findings, implications, limitations, and future directions.
新冠疫情无疑通过多种方式对个人生活质量产生了负面影响，比如社交隔离、心理健康状况恶化以及经济不稳定。多项研究表明，生活质量的负面相关因素之一是对新冠疫情的感知危险（即对新冠疫情的恐惧和焦虑）。本研究通过测试新冠疫情导致的生活变化如何解释新冠疫情感知危险对生活质量的直接影响，以解决文献中的局限性，研究使用了美国样本，比较了感染过新冠病毒的人和未感染过新冠病毒的人。美国中西部一所大学的196名本科生（白人：109人；占55.61%；男性：94人；占48.0%）为了课程学分参与了本研究。参与者在家中通过网络完成了这项研究，他们填写了一份人口统计学表格，并对多项关于新冠疫情影响和生活质量的指标进行了作答。结果表明，新冠疫情导致的生活变化完全解释了新冠疫情感知危险与生活质量之间的负相关关系，但仅在感染过新冠病毒的人群中如此。在从未感染过新冠病毒的人群中，唯一显著的关系是新冠疫情感知危险与新冠疫情导致的生活变化之间的正相关关系。结果表明，研究人员可能需要考虑将研究重点从对新冠疫情的感知危险转向弥补新冠疫情导致的生活变化，以提高个人生活质量。我将进一步讨论理论研究结果、影响、局限性和未来方向。
