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Social Satisfaction, Loneliness, and Happiness before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
Sprekelmeyer, Lara (2022) Social Satisfaction, Loneliness, and Happiness before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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| Abstract: | The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in governmental measures restricting the lives of people globally, increasing the psychological distress of the citizens. This study aimed to further investigate the constructs of happiness, social satisfaction, and loneliness by comparing pre- and during COVID-19 data among Dutch citizens. The data was retrieved from a true probability sample (N= 2876) selected by the Longitudinal Internet Studies for the Social sciences (LISS) panel. To analyse the mean differences, a Repeated Measures ANOVA as well as Cohen’s d was computed, while the relationship between the variables was assessed with a multiple linear regression analysis. It was found that all three constructs remain rather stable despite the circumstances of a pandemic. Additionally, this study revealed that happiness can be predicted by the happiness score from the previous year. Social satisfaction and loneliness from the previous year also seemed to affect happiness but there is still room for interpretation whether the effects are large enough to declare them as relevant. Future implications include the further research in this area for example by looking into different demographics that might have influenced the outcome in order to get a deeper understanding of the pandemic’s influence on the citizens. |
| 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/92042 |
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