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Closeness to Parents and Experiencing Threats with COVID-19 Mediates the Link between Personality and Stress among Adolescents

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  • Ewa Gurba

    (Department of Philosophy, The Pontifical University of John Paul II, 31-002 Cracow, Poland)

  • Alicja Senejko

    (Institute of Psychology, University of Wrocław, 50-137 Wrocław, Poland)

  • Grzegorz Godawa

    (Department of Social Sciences, The Pontifical University of John Paul II, 31-002 Cracow, Poland)

  • Alicja Kalus

    (Institute of Psychology, University of Opole, 45-551 Opole, Poland)

Abstract

Purpose: many researchers have already established that the 2019 COVID-19 pandemic poses a threat to adolescent psychological health. Studies on the COVID-19 pandemic mainly focus on individual psychological consequences, such as anxiety, depression or stress. The presented study added a family context to psychological analyses of the COVID-19 pandemic in adolescence. We examined the mediational effects of closeness to parents and perceived pandemic-related threats to relationships between personality (emotional stability and agreeableness) and stress in adolescents. Methods: in total, 413 students from secondary schools in southern Poland completed questionnaires measuring stress, personality, closeness to parents and experiencing threats with COVID-19. Results: the results demonstrated that closeness with parents in conjunction with experiencing family-related threats and threats related to lifestyle changes were mediators between adolescent personality traits and the intensity of the stress experienced. Conclusions: closeness with parents and threats experienced with COVID-19 mediate relationships between personality traits (emotional stability and agreeableness) and the intensification of stress in adolescents.

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  • Ewa Gurba & Alicja Senejko & Grzegorz Godawa & Alicja Kalus, 2021. "Closeness to Parents and Experiencing Threats with COVID-19 Mediates the Link between Personality and Stress among Adolescents," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(12), pages 1-14, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:12:p:6358-:d:573496
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