Wang Xiaohan, Luo Li, Yuan Jiajin
Sichuan Key Laboratory of Psychology and Behavior of Discipline Inspection and Supervision, Institute of Brain and Psychological Sciences, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, China.
The Department of Education Science, Neijiang Normal University, Neijiang, China.
Psych J. 2025 Jun;14(3):395-406. doi: 10.1002/pchj.70008. Epub 2025 Mar 10.
During a public health emergency, such as the widespread transmission of COVID-19 following loosened COVID-19 policies in China, people's mental health is impacted along with their physical well-being. In order to investigate ways to mitigate these negative effects, this study examined how dispositional awe can predict mental health outcomes during such emergencies using a three-wave longitudinal design. Five hundred twenty seven participants (mean age = 21.18, SD = 3.39; 368 males) took part in the study within the first 2 months after the implementation of loosened COVID-19 policies, with one-month intervals between waves. Cross-lagged analysis revealed that dispositional awe in Wave 1 significantly predicted higher positive and lower negative interpretation bias in Wave 2, which in turn promoted positive mental functioning in Wave 3. Furthermore, negative interpretation bias in Wave 2 acted as a mediator for the predictive role of dispositional awe in Wave 1 on psychosomatic symptoms in Wave 3. These findings suggest that dispositional awe can act as a protective factor for mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic by influencing people's interpretation orientation.
在突发公共卫生事件期间，例如中国放宽疫情防控政策后新冠病毒广泛传播期间，人们的心理健康与其身体健康一同受到影响。为了探究减轻这些负面影响的方法，本研究采用三波纵向设计，考察了特质敬畏感在这类突发事件中如何预测心理健康结果。527名参与者（平均年龄=21.18，标准差=3.39；368名男性）在放宽疫情防控政策后的头两个月内参与了该研究，每波之间间隔一个月。交叉滞后分析显示，第一波中的特质敬畏感显著预测了第二波中更高的积极和更低的消极解释偏差，这反过来又促进了第三波中的积极心理功能。此外，第二波中的消极解释偏差在第一波中的特质敬畏感对第三波中的身心症状的预测作用中起到了中介作用。这些发现表明，特质敬畏感在新冠疫情期间可通过影响人们的解释取向，充当心理健康的保护因素。
