The Costs of the COVID-19 on Subjective Well-Being: An Analysis of the Outbreak in Spain

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Blasco Belled, Ana;
Tejada Gallardo, Claudia;
Torrelles Nadal, Cristina;
Alsinet, Carles;
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(2020)
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The Costs of the COVID-19 on Subjective Well-Being: An Analysis of the Outbreak in Spain.
Sustainability, 2020, vol.12, núm. 15, 6243.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su12156243.
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The COVID-19 outbreak entailed radical shifts to individuals’ daily habits that challenged
their subjective well-being (SWB). Knowledge about the impact of COVID-19 on SWB is paramount
for developing public policies to tackle mental health during health emergency periods. Decreases
in life satisfaction are likely not only due to exposure to daily negative emotions but also due to
hopelessness, fear, and avoidance of social interactions. We examined in a sample of 541 Spanish
adults (1) reactions to the COVID-19 outbreak and (2) the mediating role of these reactions in the
associations of hope and social phobia with life satisfaction through different levels of positive and
negative affect. A moderated mediation analysis showed that the conditional indirect effect of hope
and social anxiety on life satisfaction through information depended on the participants’ having high
positive affect and low negative affect. Affect seems to be a mechanism that modulates the influence
of individuals’ perception about COVID-19 on their life satisfaction. Those with high positive affect
might see the “general picture” and search for adequate information as they avoid focusing on the
problem and on specific information that precludes preventive behaviors. Having a positive affect
might help individuals to adopt information-processing strategies during the COVID-19 outbreak
that will improve their life satisfaction.
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