Impact of COVID-19 first wave on psychological and psychosocial dimensions: a systematic review

V Filindassi, C Pedrini, C Sabadini, M Duradoni… - Covid, 2022 - mdpi.com
A systematic review of the literature investigating the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on
psychological and psychosocial factors was completed. Published literature was examined …

Putting the affect into affective polarisation

BN Bakker, Y Lelkes - Cognition and Emotion, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
While many believe that affective polarisation poses a significant threat to democratic
stability, the definition and operationalisation of the concept varies greatly. This leads to …

Resilience and mental well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: serial mediation by persistent thinking and anxiety about coronavirus

SB Skalski, K Konaszewski, A Büssing… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Reports to date indicate that the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak has negatively impacted
mental health in the general population. On the other hand, positive associations of mental …

Cross-cultural comparison of mental health between German and South African employees: Shame, self-compassion, work engagement, and work motivation

Y Kotera, CH Mayer, E Vanderheiden - Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The negative impact of the coronavirus disease outbreak 2019 (COVID-19) on work mental
health is reported in many countries including Germany and South Africa: two culturally …

More positive emotions during the COVID-19 pandemic are associated with better resilience, especially for those experiencing more negative emotions

J Israelashvili - Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has taken a significant toll on mental health; people
around the world are experiencing high levels of stress and deteriorated wellbeing. The past …

How did the beginnings of the global COVID-19 pandemic affect mental well-being?

J Levacher, FM Spinath, N Becker, E Hahn - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The present study aims to investigate longitudinal changes in mental well-being as well as
the role of individual differences in personality traits (Big Five) and the level of Personality …

The effects of a PROSPER-based intervention on well-being among pre-service preschool teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic: A randomized control trial

ASY Lee, JAD Datu, DKC Chan, EYH Lau… - Educational …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This study aims to examine the effectiveness of an intervention program based on the
PROSPER, a comprehensive framework which emphasises the importance of positivity …

Connected despite lockdown: the role of social interactions and social media use in wellbeing

R Sun, C Rieble, Y Liu, D Sauter - Collabra: Psychology, 2022 - online.ucpress.edu
Humans are social beings, but during the COVID-19 pandemic, people around the world
were periodically in lockdown and were required to try to physically distance themselves …

Sustained stress reduces the age advantages in emotional experience of older adults: Commentary on Carstensen et al.(2020)

R Sun, D Sauter - Psychological Science, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Older age is characterized by more positive and less negative emotional experience. Recent
work by Carstensen et al.(2020) demonstrated that the age advantages in emotional …

COVID-19: Employee experience and adjustment at a state owned company in South Africa

N Dhanpat, K Makgamatha, R Monageng… - SAGE …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The study explored employees' experience and adjustment of working during the COVID-19
pandemic. The study followed a qualitative research approach and used a convenience …