Optimism, Resilience, and General Self-Efficacy Predict Lower Somatic Burden during the COVID-19 Pandemic-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Optimism, Resilience, and General Self-Efficacy Predict Lower Somatic Burden during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Published:2024-07-05 Issue:13 Volume:12 Page:1338
ISSN:2227-9032
Container-title:Healthcare
language:en
Short-container-title:Healthcare

Author:

Zolotareva Alena¹^ORCID,Khegay Anna¹^ORCID,Voevodina Elena¹^ORCID,Kritsky Igor²^ORCID,Ibragimov Roman²^ORCID,Nizovskih Nina³^ORCID,Konstantinov Vsevolod⁴^ORCID,Malenova Arina⁵^ORCID,Belasheva Irina⁶^ORCID,Khodyreva Natalia⁷,Preobrazhensky Vladimir¹^ORCID,Azanova Kristina¹,Sarapultseva Lilia⁸^ORCID,Galimova Almira⁹,Atamanova Inna¹⁰^ORCID,Kulik Anastasia¹¹,Neyaskina Yulia¹¹,Lapshin Maksim¹²^ORCID,Mamonova Marina¹³,Kadyrov Ruslan¹⁴^ORCID,Volkova Ekaterina¹⁴,Drachkova Viktoria⁷,Seryy Andrey¹⁵^ORCID,Kosheleva Natalia¹^ORCID,Osin Evgeny¹⁶^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. International Laboratory of Positive Psychology of Personality and Motivation, HSE University, 101000 Moscow, Russia

2. Institute of Immunology and Physiology, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 620049 Ekaterinburg, Russia

3. Department of Psychology, Vyatka State University, 610000 Kirov, Russia

4. Department of General Psychology, Penza State University, 440026 Penza, Russia

5. Department of General and Social Psychology, Dostoevsky Omsk State University, 644077 Omsk, Russia

6. Department of General Psychology and Personality Psychology, North-Caucasus Federal University, 355017 Stavropol, Russia

7. Department of Psychology, Saint-Petersburg State University, 199034 Saint-Petersburg, Russia

8. Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Russian State Vocational Pedagogical University, 620143 Ekaterinburg, Russia

9. Department of Theory and Technology of Social Work, Samara National Research University, 443086 Samara, Russia

10. Department of Genetic and Clinical Psychology, Tomsk State University, 634050 Tomsk, Russia

11. Department of Theoretical and Practical Psychology, Kamchatka State University Named after Vitus Bering, 683032 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia

12. Department of Sports Improvement, South Ural State University, 454080 Chelyabinsk, Russia

13. Municipal Budgetary Educational Institution Lyceum 11, 454091 Chelyabinsk, Russia

14. Department of General Psychological Disciplines, Pacific State Medical University, 690002 Vladivostok, Russia

15. Department of Psychology, Kemerovo State University, 650000 Kemerovo, Russia

16. Laboratory LINP2, University of Paris Nanterre, 92001 Nanterre, France

Abstract

There is scarce evidence of a relationship between positive and psychosomatic characteristics. This study aimed to examine the associations of somatic burden with psychological resources such as optimism, resilience, and general self-efficacy. Russian participants (n = 1020) completed measures of psychological resources at Time 1 and somatic symptoms at Time 2. The results showed that somatic burden decreased with greater levels of optimism, resilience, and general self-efficacy. Regarding health and sociodemographic characteristics, female sex increased somatic burden in the model with optimism scores, university education decreased somatic burden in the model with resilience scores, and history of COVID-19 disease increased somatic burden in the models with optimism, resilience, and general self-efficacy scores. This study has theoretical and practical contributions. It combines positive psychology and psychosomatic medicine and highlights the value of psychological resource interventions in the treatment and prevention of somatic burden. These findings may be useful for scientists, clinicians, and practitioners.

Funder

HSE University

Publisher

MDPI AG

Link

https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/12/13/1338/pdf

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