I am working on my dissertation topic with the below sections:
- Anxiety Buffer Hypothesis
- Self-Efficasy
- Emotional Intelligence
- Covid-19 Anxiety or Fear
Has research investigated Self-Efficacy VS Emotional Intelligence together in terms of the Anxiety Buffer Effect - that is, have they investigated which of these is the stronger buffer?
*Both are having a relationship together, however , can be separated?
Do you have any ideas or recommendations?
It is claimed that the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a negative impact on mental health. However, to date, prospective studies are lacking. Moreover, it is important to identify which factors modulate the stress response to the pandemic. Previously, sense of coherence (SOC) has emerged as a particularly important resistance factor. Objective: This prospective study aimed to assess the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on mental health and to investigate the ability of pre-outbreak SOC levels to predict changes in psychopathological symptoms. Methods: This study assessed psychopathological symptoms and SOC before and after the COVID-19 outbreak as well as post-outbreak COVID-19-related traumatic distress in a German-speaking sample (n =1,591). Bivariate latent change score (BLCS) modeling was used to analyze pre- to post-outbreak changes in psychopathological symptoms and the ability of SOC to predict symptom changes. Results: Overall, there was no change in psychopathological symptoms. However, on an individual-respondent level, 10% experienced a clinically significant increase in psychopathological symptoms and 15% met cut-off criteria for COVID-19-related traumatic distress. Using BLCS modeling, we identified a high-stress group experiencing an increase in psychopathological symptoms and a decrease in SOC and a low-stress group showing the reversed pattern. Changes in SOC and psychopathological symptoms were predicted by pre-outbreak SOC and psychopathological symptom levels. Conclusions: Although mental health was stable in most respondents, a small group of respondents characterized by low levels of SOC experienced increased psychopathological symptoms from pre- to post-outbreak. Thus, SOC training might be a promising approach to enhance the resistance to stressors.
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I'm with Fakhar Shahzad . I think I would create an argument between self-efficacy and emotional intelligence within the anxiety buffer hypothesis, and then use the results of that argument to discuss how it all fits with covid anxiety/fear.
We have combined selefficacy and emotional intelligence and they correlate very well. We have also studied Covid-19. The latter can link but do not absolutely link to the former measures
The coronavirus (COVID-19) disease has spread worldwide, generating intense fear of infection and death that may lead to enduring anxiety. At the same time, quarantine and physical isolation can intensify feelings of dispositional loneliness that, by focusing on thoughts of disconnection from others, can trigger intense anxiety. Anxiety, generated by both fear of COVID-19 and dispositional loneliness, can activate negative expectations and thoughts of death, potentially generating alarming depressive symptoms. However, the Anxiety-Buffer Hypothesis suggests that self-esteem acts as a shield (buffer) against mental health threats – fear and loneliness – thus hampering anxiety and depressive symptoms. Objective: This study aims to test the process – triggered by COVID-19 fear and loneliness – in which self-esteem should buffer the path leading to anxiety symptoms, then to depression. Methods. An observational research design with Structural Equation Models was used. A sample of 1200 participants enrolled from the general population answered an online survey comprising: the Fear of COVID-19 Scale, the UCLA loneliness scale, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, and the anxiety and depression scales of the Symptom Checklist-90-Revised. Results. Structural equation models showed the link between anxiety symptoms (mediator) with both the fear of COVID-19 and dispositional loneliness (predictors), as well as its association with consequent depressive symptomatology (outcome). In line with the anxiety buffer hypothesis, self-esteem mediated the relation between the predictors and their adverse psychological consequences. Conclusions. Self-esteem represents a protective factor from the antecedents of depression. Targeted psychological interventions should be implemented to minimize the psychological burden of the disease whilst promoting adaptation and positive psychological health outcomes.Article The Anxiety-Buffer Hypothesis in the Time of COVID-19: When ...
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