TY - JOUR
T1 - Big Five traits predict stress and loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence for the role of neuroticism
AU - Ikizer, Gözde
AU - Kowal, Marta
AU - Aldemir, İlknur Dilekler
AU - Jeftić, Alma
AU - Memisoglu-Sanli, Aybegum
AU - Najmussaqib, Arooj
AU - Lacko, David
AU - Eichel, Kristina
AU - Turk, Fidan
AU - Chrona, Stavroula
AU - Ahmed, Oli
AU - Rasmussen, Jesper
AU - Kumaga, Raisa
AU - Uddin, Muhammad Kamal
AU - Reynoso-Alcántara, Vicenta
AU - Pankowski, Daniel
AU - Coll-Martín, Tao
PY - 2022/5
Y1 - 2022/5
N2 - The rapid outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has affected citizens' daily lives in an unprecedented way. To curb the spread of the pandemic, governments have taken numerous measures such as social distancing and quarantine, which may be associated with psychological consequences, namely stress and loneliness globally. To understand differential associations of personality traits with psychological consequences of COVID-19, we utilize data from a sample of 99,217 individuals from 41 countries collected as part of the COVIDiSTRESS Global Survey. Data were analyzed using multigroup confirmatory factor analysis and multilevel regression models. Findings showed that while some of the associations were rather weak, Big Five personality traits were significantly associated with perceived stress and loneliness during the pandemic. Our study illustrates that neuroticism especially can be a vulnerability factor for stress and loneliness in times of crisis and can contribute to detection of at-risk individuals and optimization of psychological treatments during or after the COVID-19 pandemic.
AB - The rapid outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has affected citizens' daily lives in an unprecedented way. To curb the spread of the pandemic, governments have taken numerous measures such as social distancing and quarantine, which may be associated with psychological consequences, namely stress and loneliness globally. To understand differential associations of personality traits with psychological consequences of COVID-19, we utilize data from a sample of 99,217 individuals from 41 countries collected as part of the COVIDiSTRESS Global Survey. Data were analyzed using multigroup confirmatory factor analysis and multilevel regression models. Findings showed that while some of the associations were rather weak, Big Five personality traits were significantly associated with perceived stress and loneliness during the pandemic. Our study illustrates that neuroticism especially can be a vulnerability factor for stress and loneliness in times of crisis and can contribute to detection of at-risk individuals and optimization of psychological treatments during or after the COVID-19 pandemic.
KW - Personality
KW - Stress
KW - Neuroticism
KW - Big Five
KW - Loneliness
KW - COVID-19
U2 - 10.1016/j.paid.2022.111531
DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2022.111531
M3 - Article
C2 - 35095147
SN - 0191-8869
VL - 190
JO - Personality and Individual Differences
JF - Personality and Individual Differences
M1 - 111531
ER -