Meaning in challenging times: Sense of meaning supports wellbeing despite pandemic stresses.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic created stress and trauma for many individuals. Traumatic experiences often trigger reflection on meaning in life, with subsequent growth or despair. This study evaluates the role of meaning in life in buffering stressors in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which the negative effects of COVID-19 stressors (self-perceived stress, emotional state, and cognitive adaptation to stress in the pandemic) are influenced by meaning in life in the context of the early stages of the pandemic. Further, this study described differences in meaning in life observed across demographic groups. Web-based surveys were completed by 831 Slovenian participants in April of 2020. Demographic data; perceptions of stressors rela

SUBMITTER: Kero K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10199818 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature