Being Hopeful and Mindful During Adversity: A Longitudinal Study on College Students' Adjustment During COVID-19.
Mindfulness (N Y)
; 13(6): 1499-1509, 2022.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1889070
ABSTRACT
Objectives:
The current study examined whether hope and mindfulness were associated with changes in two maladjustment measures, internalizing and externalizing behaviors, during the COVID-19 pandemic and tested sense of coherence as a mediator. The salutogenic theory of health, which posits that sense of coherence is central to individuals' well-being in stressful situations and that individuals derive their sense of coherence from their generalized resistance resources (GRRs), was used to guide the analyses.Methods:
On two occasions separated by about 6 months, 253 Hong Kong college students (mean age = 21.0 years at time 1; 86% of them were women) filled in online questionnaires during the COVID-19 outbreaks. Path analysis was conducted to examine the interrelationships among hope and mindfulness, sense of coherence, and internalizing and externalizing behaviors.Results:
Results indicated that hope and mindfulness at time 1 were associated with internalizing and externalizing behaviors at time 2, even after controlling for confounding variables and prior levels of internalizing and externalizing behaviors. Moreover, sense of coherence at time 1 significantly mediated these associations.Conclusions:
Findings pointed to the potential roles of hope, mindfulness, and sense of coherence in understanding Chinese college students' adjustment during the COVID-19 pandemic. Future research is needed to test whether sense of coherence and behavioral adjustment can be promoted through hope- and mindfulness-based intervention programs. Future research is also needed to examine the interrelationships among health-promoting assets, sense of coherence, and individual adjustment in samples of diverse cultural backgrounds.
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Type of study:
Cohort study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
Language:
English
Journal:
Mindfulness (N Y)
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S12671-022-01892-w
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