Iordanou Christiana, Turner Ellie
School of Psychology, Keynes College, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.
Psychol Health Med. 2025 Apr;30(4):708-722. doi: 10.1080/13548506.2024.2439065. Epub 2024 Dec 16.
Although COVID-19 was experienced as a traumatic event with long-lasting effects, there is limited data on its traumatic impact in relation to factors that can promote or threaten young people's mental wellbeing. This study investigated the association between sensory-processing sensitivity (SPS), resilience, and life satisfaction with COVID-19 trauma-related stress and whether resilience mediates the relationship between SPS and COVID-19 traumatic stress in a young sample. A total of 441 individuals aged between 16 and 25 years ( = 19.26, = 1.65) participated in an online survey in the UK between November 2021 and April 2022. We found that SPS was positively correlated, and resilience was negatively correlated with COVID-19 trauma-related stress. Life satisfaction was not significantly related to COVID-19 trauma-related stress. A mediation analysis showed that the relationship between SPS and COVID-19 trauma-related stress was mediated by resilience. Our findings suggest that resilience can be a protective factor against the traumatic effect of COVID-19 in young people, but other factors should also be considered. Our study makes implications about the potential benefits of including resilience in interventions which target young people's mental wellbeing.
尽管新冠疫情被视为一场具有长期影响的创伤性事件，但关于其与促进或威胁年轻人心理健康的因素相关的创伤性影响的数据有限。本研究调查了感觉加工敏感性（SPS）、复原力和生活满意度与新冠疫情创伤相关应激之间的关联，以及在一个年轻样本中复原力是否介导了SPS与新冠疫情创伤性应激之间的关系。2021年11月至2022年4月期间，共有441名年龄在16至25岁之间（平均年龄=19.26，标准差=1.65）的个体参与了英国的一项在线调查。我们发现，SPS与新冠疫情创伤相关应激呈正相关，而复原力与新冠疫情创伤相关应激呈负相关。生活满意度与新冠疫情创伤相关应激无显著关联。中介分析表明，SPS与新冠疫情创伤相关应激之间的关系由复原力介导。我们的研究结果表明，复原力可能是年轻人抵御新冠疫情创伤影响的一个保护因素，但也应考虑其他因素。我们的研究对在针对年轻人心理健康的干预措施中纳入复原力的潜在益处具有启示意义。
