Real-time individual benefit from social interactions before and during the lockdown: the crucial role of personality, neurobiology and genes.

ABSTRACT: Social integration is a major resilience factor for staying healthy. However, the COVID-19-pandemic led to unprecedented restrictions in social life. The consequences of these social lockdowns on momentary well-being are yet not fully understood. We investigated the affective benefit from social interactions in a longitudinal birth cohort. We used two real-time, real-life ecological momentary assessments once before and once during the initial lockdown of the pandemic (N = 70 participants; n~6800 observations) capturing the protective role of social interactions on well-being. Moreover, we used a multimethod approach to analyze ecological assessment data with individual risk and resilience factors, which are promising moderators in the relationship of social behavior, stress reactivity, an

SUBMITTER: Monninger M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8777449 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature