Shokrkon Anahita, Nicoladis Elena
Department of Psychology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC, Canada.
Front Psychol. 2023 Jun 19;14:1190375. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1190375. eCollection 2023.
In December 2019, the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic first emerged in China and quickly spread to other countries. Previous studies have shown that the COVID-19 pandemic and the consequences have negatively impacted the mental health of adults. Individual differences such as personality could contribute to mental health. Furthermore, coping and responses to stress may affect an individual's response to the pandemic. In the past, studies have only investigated this relationship in adults. In the current study, we examine how personality traits (using the Five-Factor Model as our framework) and Coping and Response to COVID-19 stress are related to the mental health of Canadian children and adolescents during the pandemic. Using parent reports of 100 preschoolers and 607 6-18-year-old children, we performed multiple regression analysis to explore how personality traits predict the effects of COVID-19 on mental health. The results showed that personality traits are associated with the mental health of Canadian youth during the COVID-19 pandemic. In preschoolers, Neuroticism and Agreeableness predicted the most mental health problems, and in 6-18-year-old children, Extraversion negatively predicted the most mental health problems. Also, Openness to Experience was the weakest predictor of mental health status in Canadian youth. These findings could be useful in understanding children's responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and could assist public health services delivering mental health services specifically tailored to children's personalities during and after this pandemic.
2019年12月，冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行首次在中国出现，并迅速蔓延至其他国家。此前的研究表明，COVID-19大流行及其后果对成年人的心理健康产生了负面影响。人格等个体差异可能会影响心理健康。此外，应对压力的方式和反应可能会影响个体对大流行的反应。过去，研究仅在成年人中调查了这种关系。在本研究中，我们考察了人格特质（以五因素模型为框架）以及对COVID-19压力的应对方式和反应与加拿大儿童和青少年在大流行期间心理健康的关系。我们利用家长对100名学龄前儿童和607名6至18岁儿童的报告，进行了多元回归分析，以探究人格特质如何预测COVID-19对心理健康的影响。结果表明，人格特质与加拿大青少年在COVID-19大流行期间的心理健康有关。在学龄前儿童中，神经质和宜人性预测了最多的心理健康问题，而在6至18岁的儿童中，外向性对最多的心理健康问题有负向预测作用。此外，经验开放性是加拿大青少年心理健康状况最薄弱的预测因素。这些发现有助于理解儿童对COVID-19大流行的反应，并可协助公共卫生服务机构在大流行期间及之后提供专门针对儿童人格特点的心理健康服务。
