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The Impact of Neuroticism on Well-Being During the COVID-19 Outbreak in a Dutch Sample

Schaper, Joshua (2021) The Impact of Neuroticism on Well-Being During the COVID-19 Outbreak in a Dutch Sample.

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Abstract:This study investigated how neuroticism and negative affect influenced levels of emotional, social and psychological well-being in a Dutch sample (N=636) during the COVID-19 pandemic, specifically looking into present mediation effects of negative affect. The data was retrieved from the Longitudinal Internet Studies for the Social Sciences Panel (LISS-Panel) in 2019 and 2020. The International Personality Item Pool (IPIP) was used to assess neuroticism in both years as well as make inferences about the impact of neuroticism and negative affect on the three components of well-being. Negative affect was measured with the Positive and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS) and well-being was assessed using a revised Dutch version of the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF). The results indicate that neuroticism is significantly positive correlated to negative affect and significantly negative to the three dimensions of well-being, with the strongest correlation towards emotional well-being. Negative affect also showed significant negative correlations towards the three components of well-being. Regarding mediation effects, this study could confirm that there is an indirect effect of neuroticism on emotional and psychological well-being through negative affect, but rather partially as the direct effect remains significant. Considering social well-being, no mediating effects of negative affect could be observed.
Item Type:Essay (Master)
Faculty:BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences
Subject:77 psychology
Programme:Psychology MSc (66604)
Link to this item:https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/88917
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