Association Between Pandemic Fatigue and Subjective Well-Being: The Indirect Role of Emotional Distress and Moderating Role of Self-Compassion
Objectives: As a stressor in the context of COVID-19 pandemic fatigue is associated with well-being. However, how pandemic fatigue is associated with well-being and what protective factors buffer this negative effect are under investigated. Based on the stress process model and emotion regulation th...
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| description | Objectives: As a stressor in the context of COVID-19 pandemic fatigue is associated with well-being. However, how pandemic fatigue is associated with well-being and what protective factors buffer this negative effect are under investigated. Based on the stress process model and emotion regulation theory, the study examined the indirect effect of pandemic fatigue on subjective well-being through emotional distress and the buffering effect of self-compassion.Methods: Data were collected from 1,162 university students (Mage = 21.61 ± 2.81, female 35.71%) through an online survey. Indirect effect analysis and conditional process analysis were conducted by the SPSS macro PROCESS.Results: Indirect effect of pandemic fatigue on subjective well-being through emotional distress was identified and self-compassion moderated the association between pandemic fatigue and emotional distress. The indirect effect of pandemic fatigue was weaker among participants with high levels of self-compassion than among those with low levels of self-compassion.Conclusion: Pandemic fatigue was negatively associated with subjective well-being through emotional distress at all levels of self-compassion. The findings deepen our understanding of the link between pandemic fatigue and well-being while considering the indirect role of emotional distress and protective function of self-compassion. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9080726fbe2341619a174262df9df7102023-07-11T04:11:24ZengFrontiers Media S.A.International Journal of Public Health1661-85642023-07-016810.3389/ijph.2023.16055521605552Association Between Pandemic Fatigue and Subjective Well-Being: The Indirect Role of Emotional Distress and Moderating Role of Self-CompassionQinglu Wu0Peilian Chi1Yan Zhang2Institute of Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, Macao SAR, ChinaSchool of Media and Communication, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, ChinaObjectives: As a stressor in the context of COVID-19 pandemic fatigue is associated with well-being. However, how pandemic fatigue is associated with well-being and what protective factors buffer this negative effect are under investigated. Based on the stress process model and emotion regulation theory, the study examined the indirect effect of pandemic fatigue on subjective well-being through emotional distress and the buffering effect of self-compassion.Methods: Data were collected from 1,162 university students (Mage = 21.61 ± 2.81, female 35.71%) through an online survey. Indirect effect analysis and conditional process analysis were conducted by the SPSS macro PROCESS.Results: Indirect effect of pandemic fatigue on subjective well-being through emotional distress was identified and self-compassion moderated the association between pandemic fatigue and emotional distress. The indirect effect of pandemic fatigue was weaker among participants with high levels of self-compassion than among those with low levels of self-compassion.Conclusion: Pandemic fatigue was negatively associated with subjective well-being through emotional distress at all levels of self-compassion. The findings deepen our understanding of the link between pandemic fatigue and well-being while considering the indirect role of emotional distress and protective function of self-compassion.https://www.ssph-journal.org/articles/10.3389/ijph.2023.1605552/fullpandemic fatiguesubjective well-beingemotional distressself-compassionconditional process |
| spellingShingle | Qinglu Wu Peilian Chi Yan Zhang Association Between Pandemic Fatigue and Subjective Well-Being: The Indirect Role of Emotional Distress and Moderating Role of Self-Compassion International Journal of Public Health pandemic fatigue subjective well-being emotional distress self-compassion conditional process |
| title | Association Between Pandemic Fatigue and Subjective Well-Being: The Indirect Role of Emotional Distress and Moderating Role of Self-Compassion |
| title_full | Association Between Pandemic Fatigue and Subjective Well-Being: The Indirect Role of Emotional Distress and Moderating Role of Self-Compassion |
| title_fullStr | Association Between Pandemic Fatigue and Subjective Well-Being: The Indirect Role of Emotional Distress and Moderating Role of Self-Compassion |
| title_full_unstemmed | Association Between Pandemic Fatigue and Subjective Well-Being: The Indirect Role of Emotional Distress and Moderating Role of Self-Compassion |
| title_short | Association Between Pandemic Fatigue and Subjective Well-Being: The Indirect Role of Emotional Distress and Moderating Role of Self-Compassion |
| title_sort | association between pandemic fatigue and subjective well being the indirect role of emotional distress and moderating role of self compassion |
| topic | pandemic fatigue subjective well-being emotional distress self-compassion conditional process |
| url | https://www.ssph-journal.org/articles/10.3389/ijph.2023.1605552/full |
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