Faculty of Business Management, National Economics University, Viet Nam.
Acta Psychol (Amst). 2023 Jul;237:103937. doi: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2023.103937. Epub 2023 May 12.
Increasing attention has been recently paid to the influences of the COVID-19 outbreak on the human psyche due to its potentially detrimental after-effects. However, little is known about the effects of practices introduced to contain the COVID-19 outbreak, such as social isolation and lockdowns, on individuals' psychological problems and well-being, or how a fear of COVID-19 amplifies or reduces these effects. Using a sample of 2680 Vietnamese adults, data were collected between 15 August and 15 November 2021 through an online-based survey. This study adopted a moderated mediation model. Remarkably, the fear of COVID-19 was not only found to significantly exacerbate the adverse effects of psychological distress on life satisfaction, but it also significantly decreased the impact of COVID-19 practices on satisfaction with life. The fear of COVID-19 significantly moderated the mediation effect of psychological distress on the relationship between COVID-19 practices and life satisfaction. This study makes significant and novel contributions to our extant knowledge about the destructive consequences of COVID-19. The findings of our study can benefit policymakers and practitioners and include valuable recommendations on how to avert psychological crises and increase individuals' well-being during or after a pandemic.
由于 COVID-19 疫情可能产生的不利后果，最近人们越来越关注其对人类心理的影响。然而，对于为控制 COVID-19 疫情而采取的措施（如社交隔离和封锁）对个人心理问题和幸福感的影响，以及 COVID-19 恐惧如何放大或减轻这些影响，人们知之甚少。本研究使用了 2680 名越南成年人的样本，数据是在 2021 年 8 月 15 日至 11 月 15 日期间通过在线调查收集的。本研究采用了一个有调节的中介模型。值得注意的是，COVID-19 恐惧不仅显著加剧了心理困扰对生活满意度的不利影响，而且还显著降低了 COVID-19 实践对生活满意度的影响。COVID-19 恐惧显著调节了心理困扰在 COVID-19 实践与生活满意度之间关系的中介作用。本研究对我们现有的关于 COVID-19 破坏性后果的知识做出了重大而新颖的贡献。我们的研究结果可以使政策制定者和实践者受益，并提供有价值的建议，以避免在大流行期间或之后出现心理危机和提高个人幸福感。
