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Emotional experiences and psychological well-being in 51 countries during the covid-19 pandemic

Sun, Rui and Balabanova, Alisa and Bajada, Claude Julien and Liu, Yang and Kriuchok, Mariia and Voolma, Silja-Riin and Đurić, Mirna and Mayer, Claude-Hélène and Constantinou, Maria and Chichua, Mariam and Li, Chengcheng and Foster-Estwick, Ashley and Borg, Kurt and Hill, Carin and Kaushal, Rishabh and Diwan, Ketaki and Vitale, Valeria and Engels, Tiarah and Aminudin, Rabi'ah and Ursu, Irina and Fadhlia, Tengku Nila and Wu, Yi-jung and Sekaja, Lusanda and Hadchity, Milad and Deak, Anita and Sharaf, Shahira and Figueras, Pau and Kaziboni, Anthony and Whiston, Aoife and Ioumpa, Kalliopi and Montelongo, Alfredo and Pauw, Lisanne and Pavarini, Gabriela and Vedernikova, Evgeniya and Vu, TuongVan and Nummenmaa, Lauri and Cong, Yong-Qi and Nikolic, Milica and Olguin, Andrea and Hou, Wai Kai and Israelashvili, Jacob and Koo, Hyunjin J. and Khademi, Samaneh and Ukachukwu, Chinwendu G. and Juma, Damian Omari and Kamiloğlu, Roza G. and Makhmud, Akerke and Lunga, Peter Sigurdson and Rieble, Carlotta and Rizwan, Muhammad and Helmy, Mai and Vuillier, Laura and Manokara, Kunalan and Quezada, Enzo Cáceres and Tserendamba, Delgermend and Yoshie, Michiko and Du, Amy H. and Philip-Joe, Kumba and Kúld, Pála Björk and Damani, Kalifa and Osei-Tutu, Annabella and Sauter, Disa (2023) Emotional experiences and psychological well-being in 51 countries during the covid-19 pandemic. Emotion. pp. 1-15. ISSN 1528-3542 E-ISSN 1931-1516

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic presents challenges to psychological well-being, but how can we predict when people suffer or cope during sustained stress? Here, we test the prediction that specific types of momentary emotional experiences are differently linked to psychological well-being during the pandemic. Study 1 used survey data collected from 24,221 participants in 51 countries during the COVID-19 outbreak. We show that, across countries, well-being is linked to individuals’ recent emotional experiences, including calm, hope, anxiety, loneliness, and sadness. Consistent results are found in two age, sex, and ethnicity-representative samples in the United Kingdom (n = 971) and the United States (n = 961) with preregistered analyses (Study 2). A prospective 30-day daily diary study conducted in the United Kingdom (n = 110) confirms the key role of these five emotions and demonstrates that emotional experiences precede changes in well-being (Study 3). Our findings highlight differential relationships between specific types of momentary emotional experiences and well-being and point to the cultivation of calm and hope as candidate routes for well-being interventions during periods of sustained stress.

Item Type: Article (Journal)
Uncontrolled Keywords: emotion, well-being, stress, COVID-19 pandemic
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology > BF511 Affection. Feeling. Emotion
H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) > H96 Public policy (General), Policy sciences
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button): Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences
Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences > Department of Political Science
Depositing User: DR Rabi'ah Aminudin
Date Deposited: 25 Sep 2023 09:22
Last Modified: 22 Feb 2024 15:04
URI: http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/107009

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