The loneliness–life satisfaction relationship: The parallel and serial mediating role of hopelessness, depression and ego-resilience among young adults in south Africa during Covid-19
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Date
2021
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MDPI
Abstract
Recently, with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, several lockdown and stay-at-home
regulations have been implemented worldwide. In this regard, loneliness has been identified as
the signature mental health consequence of this pandemic. The aim of this study is to explore
the associations among loneliness, hopelessness, depression, ego-resilience and life satisfaction in
a random sample of young adults (N = 337) at a university in the Western Cape of South Africa.
Parallel and serial mediation analysis supported the hypothesis that loneliness is associated with
hopelessness, which in turn is associated with depression, and that ego-resilience mediates the
association between all the negative indices of psychological well-being and life satisfaction. These
findings suggest that mental health interventions that boost ego-resilience and target loneliness may
help in dealing with the mental health consequences of COVID-19.
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Covid-19, Loneliness, Depression, Hopelessness, Ego-resilience, Life satisfaction
Citation
Padmanabhanunni, A., & Pretorius, T. (2021). The loneliness–life satisfaction relationship: The parallel and serial mediating role of hopelessness, depression and ego-resilience among young adults in south Africa during Covid-19. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(7),3613. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073613