Jasielska Dorota, Rajchert Joanna, Nowakowska Iwona
The Maria Grzegorzewska University, Warsaw, Poland.
Curr Issues Personal Psychol. 2023 Nov 16;12(2):132-139. doi: 10.5114/cipp/173037. eCollection 2024.
The COVID-19 pandemic, the biggest global health crisis in decades, has been a difficult experience for nations all over the world. In the present study we wanted to assess to what extent a positive attitude towards others, expressed in altruistic social orientation and a high level of trust, would be linked to lower levels of COVID-19 distress in infected and non-infected individuals.
A total 405 individuals (180 women, 44%), aged 18-60 ( = 38.91, = 11.02) participated in the study. Respondents were recruited by a research platform. The following questionnaires were completed: the Subjective Happiness Scale, Generalized Trust Scale, survey about COVID-19, social value orientations.
The analysis showed that in non-infected high trustors the relationship between altruistic social orientation and COVID-19 distress was significant - the more they were willing to benefit others, the less distress they felt. The reverse effect was observed for infected high trustors - the more altruistic social orientation they expressed, the higher the level of COVID-19 distress they declared.
Our findings shed some light on the importance of a positive attitude towards others in assessing the emotional outcomes of the COVID-19 pandemic. They also imply that people who have experienced the COVID-19 disease can suffer from distress differently than people who have not been affected.
新冠疫情是数十年来最大的全球健康危机，对世界各国来说都是一段艰难的经历。在本研究中，我们想评估以利他主义社会取向和高度信任所表达的对他人的积极态度在多大程度上与感染和未感染个体较低水平的新冠疫情困扰相关。
共有405名年龄在18至60岁（平均年龄 = 38.91，标准差 = 11.02）的个体（180名女性，占44%）参与了该研究。受访者通过一个研究平台招募。完成了以下问卷：主观幸福感量表、广义信任量表、关于新冠疫情的调查、社会价值取向问卷。
分析表明，在未感染的高信任者中，利他主义社会取向与新冠疫情困扰之间的关系显著——他们越愿意使他人受益，感受到的困扰就越少。而在感染的高信任者中观察到了相反的效果——他们表现出的利他主义社会取向越强，宣称的新冠疫情困扰水平就越高。
我们的研究结果揭示了对他人持积极态度在评估新冠疫情的情绪结果方面的重要性。它们还意味着，经历过新冠疾病的人可能与未受影响的人遭受困扰的方式不同。
