Emotional Experiences and Psychological Well-Being in 51 Countries During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Date
2024
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Sun, Rui
Balabanova, Alisa
Bajada, Claude Julien
Liu, Yang
Kriuchok, Mariia
Voolma, Silja-Riin
Đurić, Mirna
Mayer, Claude-Hélène
Constantinou, Maria
Chichua, Mariam
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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, wellbeing 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.
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emotion, well-being, stress, COVID-19 pandemic, article
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Emotional Experiences and Psychological Well-Being in 51 Countries During the COVID-19 Pandemic / Rui Sun, Alisa Balabanova, Claude Julien Bajada, Yang Liu, Mariia Kriuchok [et al.] // Emotion (Washington, D.C.). - 2024. - Vol. 24, Issue 2. - P. 397-411. - https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001235