The protective role of positivity and emotional self-efficacy beliefs in times of the COVID-19 pandemic

被引:2
|
作者
Caprara, Mariagiovanna [1 ]
Zuffiano, Antonio [2 ]
Contreras, Antonio [3 ]
Suarez-Falcon, Juan C. [4 ]
Pozo, Pilar [4 ]
Cabras, Emilia [5 ]
Gomez-Veiga, Isabel [3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Nacl Educ Distancia, Dept Personal Psychol Evaluat & Psychol Treatment, Madrid, Spain
[2] Sapienza Univ Rome, Dept Psychol, Rome, Italy
[3] Univ Nacl Educ Distancia, Dept Dev & Educ Psychol, Madrid, Spain
[4] Univ Nacl Educ Distancia, Dept Methodol Behav Sci, Madrid, Spain
[5] Univ Antonio Nebrija, Dept Educ, Madrid, Spain
关键词
Positivity; Emotional self-efficacy; COVID-19; pandemic; Positive; negative affect; Longitudinal data; COMMUNITY SENSE; MODERATING ROLE; COPING STYLE; COHERENCE; RESILIENCY; STRESS; ADOLESCENTS; VALUES; LIFE;
D O I
10.1007/s12144-023-05159-y
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
The impact of positivity and self-efficacy beliefs in managing anger, fear, and sadness on positive and negative affect was examined at three time points over 9 months. Data from 1,401 students (73.4% women) attending an online University in Spain were collected before the beginning and during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The results of a random intercept cross-lagged panel model revealed that the strongest relationships in terms of effect size occurred at the trait level, in which participants who had a general higher positivity over time were also those who reported, in general, higher self-efficacy, higher positive affect, and lower negative affect than their counterparts. At the within-person level, while controlling for stable (trait-like) individual differences, higher than usual levels (state-like) of positivity in January 2020 predicted higher than usual levels of emotional self-efficacy beliefs and lower than usual levels of negative affect in June 2020. During the same transition, higher than usual levels of negative affect in January 2020 predicted lower than usual levels of emotional self-efficacy in June 2020. Moreover, higher than usual levels of self-efficacy in June 2020 predicted higher than usual levels of positivity in September 2020. We did not find any predictive effect for positive affect. The results pointed to the protective role of both positivity and regulatory emotional self-efficacy beliefs mostly against negative affect, corroborating previous findings suggesting a virtuous circle of reciprocal influence between positivity and regulatory emotional self-efficacy. The practical implications of these findings are discussed.
引用
收藏
页码:17842 / 17853
页数:12
相关论文
共 50 条
  • [1] The protective role of positivity and emotional self-efficacy beliefs in times of the COVID-19 pandemic
    Mariagiovanna Caprara
    Antonio Zuffianò
    Antonio Contreras
    Juan C. Suárez-Falcón
    Pilar Pozo
    Emilia Cabras
    Isabel Gómez-Veiga
    [J]. Current Psychology, 2024, 43 : 17842 - 17853
  • [2] The protective role of positivity and emotional self-efficacy beliefs in times of the COVID-19 pandemic
    Caprara, Mariagiovanna
    Zuffiano, Antonio
    Contreras, Antonio
    Suarez-Falcon, Juan C.
    Pozo, Pilar
    Cabras, Emilia
    Gomez-Veiga, Isabel
    [J]. CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY, 2024, 43 (19) : 17842 - 17853
  • [3] Exploring the Protective Function of Positivity and Regulatory Emotional Self-Efficacy in Time of Pandemic COVID-19
    Thartori, Eriona
    Pastorelli, Concetta
    Cirimele, Flavia
    Remondi, Chiara
    Gerbino, Maria
    Basili, Emanuele
    Favini, Ainzara
    Lunetti, Carolina
    Fiasconaro, Irene
    Caprara, Gian Vittorio
    [J]. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH, 2021, 18 (24)
  • [4] Assessing parents' self-efficacy beliefs before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Greece
    Vatou, Anastasia
    [J]. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY, 2023, 58 (01) : 1 - 6
  • [5] Coping with Unemployment in COVID-19: The Role of Employability Beliefs in Exploration Self-Efficacy
    Taveira, Maria do Ceu
    Silva, Ana Daniela
    Pereira, Soraia
    [J]. PSIHOLOGIJA, 2023, 56 (03) : 347 - 369
  • [6] Primary school teachers' emotions, implicit beliefs, and self-efficacy during the COVID-19 pandemic
    Nicolosi, Simona
    Alba, Martina
    Pitrolo, Carmelo
    [J]. FRONTIERS IN SPORTS AND ACTIVE LIVING, 2023, 4
  • [7] TEACHERS' SELF-EFFICACY BELIEFS AND OPINIONS ABOUT DISTANCE EDUCATION DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
    Tas, Yasemin
    Eminoglu, Selma
    Atila, Gulsah
    Yildiz, Yasemin
    Bozkurt, Ummugulsum
    [J]. TURKISH ONLINE JOURNAL OF DISTANCE EDUCATION, 2021, 22 (04): : 229 - 253
  • [8] Effects of physical activity on regulatory emotional self-efficacy, resilience, and emotional intelligence of nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic
    Wu, Ruoshan
    Jing, Longjun
    Liu, Yang
    Wang, Huilin
    Yang, Jingyu
    [J]. FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY, 2022, 13
  • [9] Understanding Teacher Self-Efficacy to Address Students' Social-Emotional Needs in the COVID-19 Pandemic
    Davis, Cassandra R.
    Baker, Courtney N.
    Osborn, Jacqueline
    Overstreet, Stacy
    [J]. URBAN EDUCATION, 2024, 59 (08) : 2427 - 2457
  • [10] Examining Emotional Labor in COVID-19 through the Lens of Self-Efficacy
    Yao, Lixia
    Gao, Jie
    [J]. SUSTAINABILITY, 2021, 13 (24)