Background/Objective

The objective of the study was to elucidate the underlying mechanism through which basic personality dimensions predict indicators of psychological functioning during the COVID-19 pandemic, including subjective well-being and perceived stress. As a personality characteristic highly contextualized in stressful circumstances, resilience was expected to have a mediating role in this relationship. Method: A sample of 2,722 Slovene adults, aged from 18 to 82 years filled in the Big Five Inventory, the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, the Perceived Stress Scale, and the Mental Health Continuum. A path analysis with the Bootstrap estimation procedure was performed to evaluate the mediating effect of resilience in the relationship between personality and psychological functioning. Results: Resilience fully or partially mediated the relationships between all the Big Five but extraversion with subjective well-being and stress experienced at the beginning of the COVID-19 outburst. Neuroticism was the strongest predictor of less adaptive psychological functioning both directly and through diminished resilience. Conclusions: Resilience may be a major protective factor required for an adaptive response of an individual in stressful situations such as pandemic and the associated lockdown.

中文翻译：

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复原力很重要：解释 COVID-19 大流行期间人格与心理功能之间的关联

背景/目标

该研究的目的是阐明基本人格维度预测 COVID-19 大流行期间心理功能指标的潜在机制，包括主观幸福感和感知压力。作为在压力环境中高度情境化的人格特征，复原力有望在这种关系中发挥中介作用。方法：对 2,722 名年龄在 18 至 82 岁的斯洛文尼亚成年人样本进行了大五量表、Connor-Davidson 复原力量表、感知压力量表和心理健康连续体的填写。使用 Bootstrap 估计程序进行路径分析，以评估复原力在人格与心理功能之间的关系中的中介作用。结果：复原力完全或部分调解了所有五巨头之间的关系，但外向性与主观幸福感和在 COVID-19 爆发开始时经历的压力之间的关系。神经质是直接或通过降低复原力来预测适应性较差的心理功能的最强预测因素。结论：复原力可能是个人在大流行和相关封锁等压力情况下做出适应性反应所需的主要保护因素。