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Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Big Five Personality on Subjective and Psychological Well-Being

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posted on 2021-11-01, 00:00 authored by Jeromy AnglimJeromy Anglim, Sharon HorwoodSharon Horwood
The current study assessed the effect of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic on subjective well-being (SWB) and psychological well-being (PWB) and whether the pandemic moderated the effect of personality on well-being. Measures of Big Five personality, SWB (life satisfaction, positive affect, and negative affect), and PWB (positive relations, autonomy, environmental mastery, personal growth, purpose in life, and self-acceptance) were obtained from a sample of young adults in Melbourne, Australia ( n = 1,132; July 13–August 11, 2020) during a second wave of viral transmission and lockdown and an identically recruited pre-COVID sample ( n = 547). Well-being was lower in the COVID sample, and differences were largest for positive affect ( d = −0.48) and negative affect ( d = 0.70). While the effect of personality on well-being was relatively robust, the effect of personality on well-being was slightly reduced, and the effect of extroversion on positive affect was particularly attenuated during the pandemic.

History

Journal

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volume

12

Article number

ARTN 1948550620983047

Pagination

1527-1537

Location

London, Eng.

Open access

  • Yes

ISSN

1948-5506

eISSN

1948-5514

Language

English

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Issue

8

Publisher

SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC