Recalling Self-efficacious Memories Reduces COVID-19-Related Fear.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Manipulating perceived self-efficacy can mitigate the negative impact of trauma and increase ability to adapt to stress. It is possible that a similar domain-based manipulation aimed at anxiety around the pandemic might mitigate the negative mental health impact of COVID-19. The current experimental study assessed whether a self-efficacy induction would be effective in reducing COVID-19 distress.

Methods

Participants were randomized to a self-efficacy autobiographical memory induction or control condition. We hypothesized that individuals in the self-efficacy group would exhibit lower levels of fear on an implicit measure of emotional states following exposure to COVID-19-related stimuli.

Results

A significant increase in general self-efficacy and self-confide

SUBMITTER: Bakke SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10153042 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature