How COVID-19 affected mental well-being: An 11-week trajectories of daily well-being of Koreans amidst COVID-19 by age, gender and region. PloS one, 16(4), e0250252.
Incheol ChoiID1
*, Joo Hyun Kim2
, Namhee Kim2
, Eunsoo ChoiID3
, Jongan Choi4
, Hye
Won Suk5
, Jinkyung Na5
1 Department of Psychology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 2 Center for Happiness Studies, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 3 School of Psychology, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 4 Department of Psychology, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon-si, Republic of Korea, 5 Department of Psychology, Sogang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
* ichoi@snu.ac.kr
Abstract
The present study examined the daily well-being of Koreans (n = 353,340) for 11 weeks during the COVID-19 pandemic (January 20 –April 7). We analyzed whether and how life satisfaction, positive affect, negative affect, and life meaning changed during the outbreak. First, we found that the well-being of Koreans changed daily in a cubic fashion, such that it declined and recovered during the early phase but declined substantially during the later phase (after COVID- 19 was declared world pandemic by WHO). Second, unlike other emotions, boredom displayed a distinctive pattern of linear increase, especially for younger people, suggesting that boredom might be, in part, responsible for their inability to comply with social distancing recommendations. Third, the well-being of older people and males changed less compared to younger people and females. Finally, daily well-being dropped significantly more in the hard-hit regions than in other regions. Implications and limitations are discussed.
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How COVID-19 affected mental well-being: An 11-week trajectories of daily well-being of Koreans amidst COVID-19 by age, gender and region. PloS one, 16(4), e0250252.
Incheol ChoiID1
*, Joo Hyun Kim2
, Namhee Kim2
, Eunsoo ChoiID3
, Jongan Choi4
, Hye
Won Suk5
, Jinkyung Na5
1 Department of Psychology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 2 Center for Happiness Studies, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 3 School of Psychology, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 4 Department of Psychology, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon-si, Republic of Korea, 5 Department of Psychology, Sogang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
* ichoi@snu.ac.kr
Abstract
The present study examined the daily well-being of Koreans (n = 353,340) for 11 weeks during the COVID-19 pandemic (January 20 –April 7). We analyzed whether and how life satisfaction, positive affect, negative affect, and life meaning changed during the outbreak. First, we found that the well-being of Koreans changed daily in a cubic fashion, such that it declined and recovered during the early phase but declined substantially during the later phase (after COVID- 19 was declared world pandemic by WHO). Second, unlike other emotions, boredom displayed a distinctive pattern of linear increase, especially for younger people, suggesting that boredom might be, in part, responsible for their inability to comply with social distancing recommendations. Third, the well-being of older people and males changed less compared to younger people and females. Finally, daily well-being dropped significantly more in the hard-hit regions than in other regions. Implications and limitations are discussed.
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