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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dc.contributor.authorPadmanabhanunni, Anita
dc.contributor.authorPretorius, Tyrone
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-16T09:38:14Z
dc.date.available2022-05-16T09:38:14Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractRecently, 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.en_US
dc.identifier.citationPadmanabhanunni, 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/ijerph18073613en_US
dc.identifier.issn1660-4601
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073613
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/7396
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.subjectCovid-19en_US
dc.subjectLonelinessen_US
dc.subjectDepressionen_US
dc.subjectHopelessnessen_US
dc.subjectEgo-resilienceen_US
dc.subjectLife satisfactionen_US
dc.titleThe loneliness–life satisfaction relationship: The parallel and serial mediating role of hopelessness, depression and ego-resilience among young adults in south Africa during Covid-19en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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