scholarly journals The Moderating Role of Resilience in the Personality-Mental Health Relationship During the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire Pauly ◽  
Fabiana Ribeiro ◽  
Valerie E. Schröder ◽  
Laure Pauly ◽  
Rejko Krüger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Representative Sample ◽  
Health Spending ◽  
Mental Health Outcomes ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Moderate Stress

Background: Associations between personality traits and mental health outcomes (depression, anxiety, loneliness, and stress) have rarely been assessed in a population-representative sample of a high-income country during the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, as far as we know, the role of health and social behaviors as well as resilience in the personality-mental health relationship has yet to be explored.Methods: A representative sample of 1,828 residents of Luxembourg filled in validated scales to assess personality traits and resilience, depressive symptoms, generalized anxiety, loneliness, and stress, indicating mental health, in mid-April 2020.Results: Approximately 21% of the participants scored above the cut-off for moderate depression and moderate loneliness. Moderate anxiety and moderate stress were present in 6.2 and 0.3% of the participants, respectively. Higher-educated respondents and those living in higher-value housing reported better mental health. Agreeableness and conscientiousness were most consistently associated with better mental health; neuroticism was most consistently associated with worse mental health. Spending more time on social media was also associated with elevated levels of all four mental health outcomes. Social and health behaviors did not change the personality-mental health relationships. Resilience moderated some of the personality-mental health associations, most consistently in neuroticism.Conclusions: Findings suggest educational and socioeconomic inequalities in mental health in a nationally representative sample during the COVID-19 confinement measures. Personality traits, particularly agreeableness, conscientiousness, and low neuroticism were associated with mental health. The moderating role of resilience in the personality-mental health relationship suggests intervention potential to improve mental health during periods of confinement.

Racial Discrimination Predicts Mental Health Outcomes Beyond the Role of Personality Traits in a Community Sample of African Americans

2021 ◽  
pp. 216770262095731
Author(s):  
Yara Mekawi ◽  
Courtland S. Hyatt ◽  
Jessica Maples-Keller ◽  
Sierra Carter ◽  
Vasiliki Michopoulos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Racial Discrimination ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Mental Health Outcomes ◽  
Hierarchical Regression

Despite a consistent body of work documenting associations between racial discrimination and negative mental health outcomes, the utility and validity of these findings have recently been questioned because some authors have posited that personality traits may account for these associations. To test this hypothesis in a community sample of African Americans ( n = 419, age: M = 43.96 years), we used bivariate relations and hierarchical regression analyses to determine whether racial discrimination accounted for additional variance in depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress symptoms beyond the role of personality. Bivariate relations between personality traits and racial discrimination were small and positive (i.e., rs ≈ .10). Regression results demonstrated that racial discrimination accounted for variance in depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress independent of personality traits ( ps < .01). These results suggest that personality traits do not fully explain associations between racial discrimination and negative mental health outcomes, further supporting the detrimental impact of racial discrimination on the mental health of African Americans.

scholarly journals Environmental noise and sleep and mental health outcomes in a nationally representative sample of urban US adolescents

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. e056 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kara E. Rudolph ◽  
Aaron Shev ◽  
Diana Paksarian ◽  
Kathleen R. Merikangas ◽  
Daniel J. Mennitt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Representative Sample ◽  
Environmental Noise ◽  
Mental Health Outcomes ◽  
Nationally Representative

Domestic Civil Support Missions Can Aggravate Negative Mental Health Outcomes Among National Guardsmen: The Moderating Role of Economic Difficulties

2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dale W. Russell ◽  
Josh B. Kazman ◽  
David M. Benedek ◽  
Robert J. Ursano ◽  
Cristel A. Russell
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Mental Health Outcomes ◽  
Moderating Role

Association between Exposure to Noise and Sleep and Mental Health Outcomes in a Nationally-Representative Sample of U.S. Adolescents

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan A. Casey ◽  
Aaron Shev ◽  
Diana Paksarian ◽  
Kathleen Merikangas ◽  
Daniel Mennitt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Representative Sample ◽  
Mental Health Outcomes ◽  
Nationally Representative

scholarly journals Investigating Binge-Watching Adverse Mental Health Outcomes During Covid-19 Pandemic: Moderating Role of Screen Time for Web Series Using Online Streaming

2021 ◽  
Vol Volume 14 ◽  
pp. 1615-1629
Author(s):  
Syed Hassan Raza ◽  
Muhammad Yousaf ◽  
Faryal Sohail ◽  
Rehana Munawar ◽  
Emenyeonu C Ogadimma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Screen Time ◽  
Mental Health Outcomes ◽  
Web Series ◽  
Online Streaming ◽  
Moderating Role

The Role of Coping in the Relationship Between Endorsement of the Strong Black Woman Schema and Depressive Symptoms Among Black Women

2021 ◽  
pp. 009579842110212
Author(s):  
Martinque K. Jones ◽  
Tanisha G. Hill-Jarrett ◽  
Kyjeila Latimer ◽  
Akilah Reynolds ◽  
Nekya Garrett ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Black Women ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Black Woman ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Mental Health Outcomes ◽  
Multiple Mediation ◽  
Strong Black Woman

The Strong Black Woman (SBW) schema has been consistently linked to negative mental health outcomes among Black women. However, few have begun to explicate the mechanisms by which the endorsement of the SBW schema may influence mental health outcomes. Accordingly, the current study examined coping styles (social support, disengagement, spirituality, and problem-oriented/engagement) as mediators in the association between endorsement of the SBW schema and depressive symptoms in a sample of Black women. Data from 240 Black women ( Mage = 22.0, SD = 4.0 years) were collected assessing SBW schema endorsement, coping styles, and depressive symptoms. Parallel multiple mediation analysis was conducted using PROCESS Macro. Of the four coping styles examined, disengagement coping partially mediated the association between greater endorsement of the SBW schema and greater depressive symptoms. Study findings add depth to our understanding of the association between the SBW schema and mental health outcomes and lend themselves to research and clinical implications.

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