The Psychological Benefits of an Uncertain World: Hope and Optimism in the Face of Existential Threat.

ABSTRACT: We examine how prior mental health predicts hopes and how hopes predict subsequent mental health, testing hypotheses in a longitudinal study with an Australian nation-wide adult sample regarding mental health consequences of the COVID-19 outbreak during its initial stage. Quota sampling was used to select a sample representative of the adult Australian population in terms of age groups, gender, and geographical location. Mental health measures were selected to include those with the best psychometric properties. Hypotheses were tested using generalized linear models with random intercepts, with the type of GLM determined by the nature of the dependent variable. Greater anxiety, depression, distress, and loneliness predict less hope, but impaired quality of life and stress positively

SUBMITTER: Smithson M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8983926 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature