Access to Epidemic Information and Life Satisfaction under the Period of COVID-19: the Mediating Role of Perceived Stress and the Moderating Role of Friendship Quality

Ye, Baojuan; Hu, Jing; Xiao, Gensen; Zhang, Yanzhen; Liu, Mingfan; Wang, Xinqiang; Yang, Qiang; Xia, Fei

doi:10.1007/s11482-021-09957-z

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“…First, perceived stress was shown to have a substantial influence on the life satisfaction of elderly migrants in China, according to the results of this research, which is consistent with the previous studies showing high perceived stress could lead to poor life satisfaction ( Kim, 2019 ; Xu et al, 2021 ; Ye et al, 2021 ; Young and Ah, 2021 ). In general, elderly migrants in China are more likely to experience stressful events such as concerns about their children’s situation, financial entanglements among family members, and worries about their poor health when they leave their familiar hometowns for reasons such as employment, caring for children or grandchildren, and retirement ( Tang et al, 2020 ).…”

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Perceived stress and life satisfaction among elderly migrants in China: A moderated mediation model

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ObjectiveOur study aims to test whether anxiety mediated the association between perceived stress and life satisfaction and whether the mediating effect was moderated by resilience among elderly migrants in China.MethodsWe used self-reported data collected from 654 elderly migrants in Nanjing. Regression analyses using bootstrapping methods were conducted to explore the mediating and moderating effects.ResultsThe results showed that anxiety mediated the relationship between perceived stress and life satisfaction (indirect effect = –0.040, CI [–0.066, –0.017]). Moreover, moderated mediated analysis indicated that resilience moderated the path between anxiety and life satisfaction (moderating effect = 0.034, 95% CI [0.021, 0.048]). In particular, anxiety had a negative impact on life satisfaction only for Chinese elderly migrants with lower resilience.ConclusionOur study suggests that perceived stress could reduce life satisfaction among elderly migrants as their anxiety levels increase. Fortunately, elderly migrants’ resilience could undermine this negative effect.

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Perceived stress and life satisfaction among elderly migrants in China: A moderated mediation model

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“…Answers to our open-ended question show that students required more direct, clear, and definite communications regarding learning practicalities (i.e., dealings with exams, their master theses, and lessons). Indeed, in a pandemic situation, when massive information is available, having access to relevant information was found to be critical to (improved) life satisfaction (Ye et al, 2021 ). Students also found it more challenging to organize group work online.…”

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University Students’ Well-Being and Engagement in Activities in the Early Days of Covid-19

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Granic

2022

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Governments worldwide took measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19. Universities moved to online teaching almost overnight. This paper explores Belgian university students' perceptions, behaviors, and emotional well-being during the first weeks of strict preventive measures. We conducted a survey with 614 business administration students at the University of Antwerp. The results indicate that, in comparison to the pre-lockdown period, students feel less productive, engage less in healthy behaviors (e.g., healthy snacking, exercising alone), and report more study problems. Based on the emotional quality of their everyday experience, students can be clustered into two groups. One group (54.5%) experiences mostly negative affect, while the other reports experiencing mostly positive affect and personal optimism. The "negative affect" group consists of more women and students in the early years of their bachelor's. This group experiences more financial difficulties and spends more time on social media. These students seem to have a more challenging time coping with the lockdown: they perceive higher study load increase and more significant reduction of social contacts while facing more study problems, studying fewer hours, and perceiving a lower study efficiency. They also engage in less healthy behaviors (e.g., unhealthy snacking more, drinking more alcohol, and exercising alone less) to a greater extent than the positive affect group. These results confirm previous research, demonstrating a positive relationship between emotional well-being and the engagement in and the intensity of productive and healthy activities. Several recommendations are provided in light of these findings.

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“…In addition, friendship has been found to be critical in reducing resource‐loss in navigating the work‐family interface among dual‐earner couples (Carlson et al., 2021 ), once again suggesting that it serves as a unique source of support. Recent research conducted in the pandemic context has also provided some initial evidence suggesting the importance of friendship in offsetting perceived stress among college students (Lippke et al., 2021 ; Ye et al., 2021 ). In addition, connecting with friends frequently via various media could help individuals to cope with the extended isolation in the forms of reducing loneliness and anxiety (Juvonen et al., 2021 ).…”

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Understanding the impact of COVID‐19 pandemic on teleworkers' experiences of perceived threat and professional isolation: The moderating role of friendship

Subramony

2022

Stress and Health

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Drawing from conservation of resource theory and the social support resource theory, this study examines how the severity of an exogenous disruptive event – the COVID‐19 pandemic – in one's community influences teleworkers' well‐being outcomes indirectly through their perceptions of pandemic‐related threat and experience of professional isolation, as well as the buffering effect of friendship on these relationships. Utilizing time‐lagged data from participants of a two‐wave survey panel ( N = 351) and objective data of COVID‐19 severity from counties around the United States, we found that perceived threat, but not professional isolation, mediated the negative effect of proportion of confirmed COVID‐19 cases in the community on teleworkers' well‐being outcomes. Further, consistent with our predictions, support from friends significantly weakened the negative effects of threat and professional isolation on well‐being. Key theoretical and practical implications of this study are discussed.

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Access to Epidemic Information and Life Satisfaction under the Period of COVID-19: the Mediating Role of Perceived Stress and the Moderating Role of Friendship Quality

Cited by 13 publications

References 67 publications

Perceived stress and life satisfaction among elderly migrants in China: A moderated mediation model

Perceived stress and life satisfaction among elderly migrants in China: A moderated mediation model

University Students’ Well-Being and Engagement in Activities in the Early Days of Covid-19

Understanding the impact of COVID‐19 pandemic on teleworkers' experiences of perceived threat and professional isolation: The moderating role of friendship

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