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  • COVID-19 pandemic-related anxiety has significant negative mental health impacts.
  • Targeting self-efficacy may offer a strategy to mitigate pandemic-related psychological distress.

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  • To assess the effectiveness of a self-efficacy induction in reducing COVID-19 distress.
  • To investigate if manipulating self-efficacy can alleviate pandemic-related anxiety.
  • To determine the impact of self-efficacy on fear processing related to COVID-19 stimuli.

Main Methods:

  • Experimental study with participant randomization.
  • Self-efficacy autobiographical memory induction versus a control condition.
  • Implicit emotional state measurement following exposure to COVID-19 stimuli.

Main Results:

  • The self-efficacy group showed significant increases in general self-efficacy and self-confidence.
  • Individuals in the self-efficacy group exhibited significantly lower fear counts on an implicit measure.
  • The intervention effectively reduced fear processing in response to COVID-19-related stimuli compared to controls.

Conclusions:

  • Self-efficacy can be successfully enhanced in individuals experiencing high COVID-19 distress via autobiographical memory induction.
  • Increased self-efficacy demonstrably reduces fear processing associated with COVID-19 stimuli.
  • This approach offers a potential mechanism for interventions aimed at reducing and recovering from pandemic-related psychological distress.