The present paper examined the contribution of optimism and humor styles to well-being during the COVID-19 lockdown period. Furthermore, we examined whether these direct associations were mediated by two common COVID-19 challenges––work-family interface (WFI) and COVID-19 fears. Israeli employees (N = 356) completed an online survey during lockdown restrictions (69% women, 57.20% held academic degrees, M_age = 30.70, age-range = 20–61). Both optimism and adaptive humor revealed a positive and direct effect on well-being. Furthermore, mediation analyses indicated that both fear of COVID-19 and WFI mediated the direct associations between optimism and well-being, as well as the direct associations between maladaptive humor and well-being, whereas WFI mediated the association between adaptive humor and well-being. These findings stress the need to adapt interventions derived from positive psychology to enhance well-being during these challenging times of COVID-19.

本文研究了 COVID-19 封锁期间乐观和幽默风格对幸福感的贡献。此外，我们检查了这些直接关联是否由两种常见的 COVID-19 挑战——工作-家庭接口 (WFI) 和 COVID-19 恐惧介导。以色列员工（N  = 356）在锁定限制期间完成了一项在线调查（69% 的女性，57.20% 的人拥有学位，M_岁 = 30.70，年龄范围 = 20–61）。乐观和适应性幽默都显示出对幸福感的积极和直接影响。此外，中介分析表明，对 COVID-19 的恐惧和 WFI 都介导了乐观与幸福感之间的直接联系，以及适应不良的幽默感与幸福感之间的直接联系，而 WFI 介导了适应性幽默感与幸福感之间的联系。存在。这些发现强调了在 COVID-19 的这些充满挑战的时期，需要采用源自积极心理学的干预措施来增强幸福感。