Moret-Tatay Carmen, Cloquell-Lozano Alexis, Pérez-Bermejo Marcelino, Arteaga-Moreno Francisco Javier
OAMI-UCV, Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir, 46001 Valencia, Spain.
MEB Lab, Faculty of Psychology, Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir, Avenida de la Ilustración 4, 46100 Valencia, Spain.
Healthcare (Basel). 2022 Oct 28;10(11):2159. doi: 10.3390/healthcare10112159.
The spread of the COVID-19 virus was a worldwide phenomenon, which was unprecedented in modern times. The restriction measures can be perceived as a heavy burden for mental health during this period, particularly for some groups. The aim of this study is to examine a positive mental health model across ages, where a moderated mediation model is proposed involving sex differences and confidence in coping with COVID-19. Two independent samples were studied during the second and sixth waves in Spain: = 2861 and = 2462, respectively. The main conclusions can be described as follows: (i) while age was not related to mental health during the second wave, a positive relationship was found between it and the sixth one; (ii) age was positively related to the confidence in coping with COVID-19 during both of the waves; (iii) women showed worse scores for the variables in the study than the men did during the second wave, but this pattern was reversed in the sixth one; (iv) after a moderated mediation model on the relationship between age and positive mental health in terms of confidence in coping with COVID-19 and sex, an interaction was found for the second wave but not for the sixth one. These results suggest that older adults and women would develop more strategies and resources for a positive mental health across time.
新型冠状病毒肺炎（COVID-19）病毒的传播是一种全球现象，在现代是前所未有的。在此期间，限制措施可被视为对心理健康的沉重负担，尤其是对某些群体而言。本研究的目的是检验一个跨年龄的积极心理健康模型，其中提出了一个包含性别差异和应对COVID-19信心的调节中介模型。在西班牙的第二波和第六波疫情期间对两个独立样本进行了研究，样本量分别为n = 2861和n = 2462。主要结论如下：（i）虽然在第二波疫情期间年龄与心理健康无关，但在第六波疫情期间发现年龄与心理健康呈正相关；（ii）在两波疫情期间，年龄与应对COVID-19的信心呈正相关；（iii）在第二波疫情期间，女性在研究变量上的得分比男性差，但在第六波疫情中这种模式发生了逆转；（iv）在就应对COVID-19的信心和性别对年龄与积极心理健康之间的关系进行调节中介模型分析后，在第二波疫情中发现了交互作用，但在第六波疫情中未发现。这些结果表明，随着时间的推移，老年人和女性会为积极的心理健康发展出更多的策略和资源。
