Psychological resilience moderates the impact of social support on loneliness of “left-behind” children

A key change brought due to COVID-19 is an upsurge in pandemic-related psychological imbalances, which acts as a substantial stressor for unprecedented distress to the mental health of the employees in SMEs. The study concentrates upon risk factors associated with COVID-19 pandemic, which lead to psychological imbalances among the employees. It also identifies different physiological, emotional, and behavioral inconsistencies caused due to the impact of the pandemic. The study explains various techniques of psychological resilience, which include the assessment of the four pillars (i.e., sleep hygiene, nutrition, physical fitness, and social support), emotion-based coping, grounding, diaphragmatic breathing, mindfulness, altruism, and self-awareness. The exploratory study performed an analysis of available published data from different recognized directories of journals with the use of the systematic review technique.

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Moderating effect of psychological resilience on the perceived social support and loneliness in the left-behind elderly in rural areas†

Frontiers of Nursing ◽

10.2478/fon-2021-0035 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (4) ◽

pp. 357-363

Author(s):

Yue Liu ◽

Lin Huang ◽

Qin Liu ◽

Gui-Zhen Qian ◽

Huan Zou ◽

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Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Los Angeles ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Perceived Social Support ◽

Moderating Effect ◽

General Situation ◽

Cluster Sampling ◽

Psychological Resilience ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Left Behind

Abstract Objective To investigate the loneliness and psychological resilience with the perceived social support of the left-behind elderly in rural areas and explore the moderating effect of psychological resilience on the understanding of social support and loneliness of the left-behind elderly in rural areas. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted; 272 left-behind elderly people in 6 rural villages in the Sichuan Province were investigated by using the General Situation Questionnaire, Perceived Social Support Scale (PSSS), Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC), and the University of California at Los Angeles Loneliness Scale (UCLA) with a stratified random cluster sampling method. Results The loneliness score of the left-behind elderly in rural areas was 52.54 ± 7.25, the psychological resilience score was 78 (68.87), and the perceived social support score was 57 (51.62). The perceived social support and psychological resilience were negatively correlated with loneliness, while the perceived social support was positively correlated with psychological resilience. The moderating effect of psychological resilience on the perceived social support and loneliness of the left-behind elderly in rural areas was −0.102 (P < 0.001). Conclusions Higher level resilience is of positive significance to alleviate the negative effect of social support on loneliness. Improving the resilience of the left-behind elderly in rural areas is a beneficial exploration to promote their mental health.

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Psychological factors that affect mental resilience in crises

International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health ◽

10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20214860 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Mustafa Elsaied Esmail ◽

Abdul Baqi Mansour Bukhary ◽

Abdulaziz Khalid Addas ◽

Maaz Ahmed Raei ◽

Abdullah Abdulrahman Alzayed ◽

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Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Literature Review ◽

Psychological Factors ◽

The Other ◽

Psychological Resilience ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Significant Burden ◽

Health Related ◽

Mental Resilience ◽

The Impact

Psychopathological morbidities represent a significant burden over the different sectors of populations exposed to the different crises. Many factors can contribute to the development of these events, including economic, health-related, and psychological factors. In addition, different factors can affect resilience, including demographic, environmental, and psychological factors. Many original studies have highlighted the impact of these factors on resilience in these settings. In the present literature review, we discussed the different psychological factors associated with resilience following a crisis. Some factors include the sense of avoidance and fear of being harmed or impacted by these crises. Our findings indicate the impact of different factors on psychological resilience during these events. For instance, reports show that fear of catching and transmitting the infection during infectious diseases pandemics was associated with reduced resilience and increased anxiety and stress. On the other hand, lockdown measures were associated with better resilience. In addition, social support, coping strategies, and adequate training and experience are essential factors that significantly contribute to resilience in a crisis.

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The Impact of Parental Remote Migration and Parent-Child Relation Types on the Psychological Resilience of Rural Left-Behind Children in China

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph17155388 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (15) ◽

pp. 5388 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Hongsheng Liu ◽

Lige Liu ◽

Xiaoyi Jin

Keyword(s):

Latent Class ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Shaanxi Province ◽

Close Connection ◽

Psychological Resilience ◽

Strong Function ◽

Left Behind ◽

Intimate Connection ◽

The Impact ◽

Parent Child

Using survey data of middle school students from Ye county in Henan province and Chenggu and Ningqiang county in Shaanxi province, China, adopting latent class analysis and hierarchical linear regression, this study analyzes the impact of parental remote migration and parent-child relation types on the psychological resilience of rural left-behind children. The results show that: Only mother’s remote migration has a significantly negative impact on the psychological resilience of rural left-behind children, the time of parental first migration, the distance of father’s migration, and children’s migration have no significant impacts; parent-child relation of “alienation connection and weak function” or parent-child relation combination of “parental alienation connection and weak function” is the most unfavorable factor for the psychological resilience of rural left-behind children, while father-child relation of “close connection but lacking function”, mother-child relation of “intimate connection and strong function”, and combination of “paternal close connection but lacking function - maternal intimate connection and strong function” are the most favorable factors. There is gender difference in the impact of father-child relation types and mother-child relation types, the impact of father-child relation types is stronger than that of mother-child relation types; harmonious parental relation, supportive friends, caring teachers, and moderate home-school interaction are favorable for the psychological resilience of rural left-behind children.

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