The effect of exposure to COVID-19 on life satisfaction: The mediating role of hyperarousal and moderating/mediating role of affective forecasting

Wei, Pan; Zhou, Wenwei; Wu, Junjie; Zhi-jing, Huang; Ding, Lin-jie; Guo, Liwen; Hang, Bowen; Li, Xu

doi:10.1016/j.jad.2023.05.062

Journal of Affective Disorders

2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.05.062

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The effect of exposure to COVID-19 on life satisfaction: The mediating role of hyperarousal and moderating/mediating role of affective forecasting

Pan Wei

Wenwei Zhou

Junjie Wu

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The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Life Satisfaction: Does Social Belonging Matter as a Mechanism and are There Differences by Age?

Handschuh,

Kroh,

Nester

2024

J Happiness Stud

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The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on life satisfaction has been a topic of worldwide research, mostly indicating a drop in individual’s life satisfaction with some differences between subgroups. However, literature on related mechanisms is scarce. This study examines whether the sense of social belonging is a mechanism that explains pandemic-related changes in life satisfaction across different age groups. Using a rich longitudinal data set of the adult cohort of the German National Educational Panel Study and employing fixed effects panel regression models, we show that the COVID-19 pandemic is, on average, negatively associated with individual life satisfaction and social belonging. Yet, mediation and sensitivity analysis questions the general importance of social belonging as a relevant mechanism irrespective of individuals’ age. The results also suggest that the negative effects of the pandemic on social belonging were indeed significant for individuals with average or high pre-pandemic social belonging, while individuals with low pre-pandemic social belonging experienced an increase in their sense of social belonging. This leads to an expanded discussion of which groups of people are most affected by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and what other mechanisms can be hypothesized to explain this negative impact on people's life satisfaction.

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The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Life Satisfaction: Does Social Belonging Matter as a Mechanism and are There Differences by Age?

Handschuh,

Kroh,

Nester

2024

J Happiness Stud

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Affective forecasting and psychopathology: A scoping review

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A network analysis of daily stressors, subjective well-being, psychological distress and psychological capital during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Zhou,

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The effect of exposure to COVID-19 on life satisfaction: The mediating role of hyperarousal and moderating/mediating role of affective forecasting

Cited by 6 publications

References 58 publications

The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Life Satisfaction: Does Social Belonging Matter as a Mechanism and are There Differences by Age?

The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Life Satisfaction: Does Social Belonging Matter as a Mechanism and are There Differences by Age?

Affective forecasting and psychopathology: A scoping review

A network analysis of daily stressors, subjective well-being, psychological distress and psychological capital during the COVID-19 pandemic

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