社会互动与孤独之间的内部和人际关联:学生在COVID-19大流行期间的经历
Alyssa K Truong1, Gizem Keskin1, Jessica P Lougheed1
1Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, Canada.
Cognition & emotion
|March 25, 2024
概括
远程社交互动可以减少孤独感,特别是在COVID-19限制期间. 然而,对于已经经历了高水平孤独的人来说,这种影响不那么明显.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 社会科学 社会科学 社会科学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 由于COVID-19流行病的限制,人与人之间的社交互动受到限制.
- 远程社会互动在这些限制期间管理孤独的作用尚不清楚.
- 了解社会联系对孤独的影响对于心理健康至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查大学生之间的面对面和远程社交互动与孤独之间的关系.
- 检查这些社交互动如何影响孤独的日常波动.
- 评估COVID-19限制和预先存在的孤独水平的缓解效应.
主要方法:
- 在14天内 (2021年2月至2022年3月) 从581名大学生收集的纵向数据.
- 每天关于孤独的自我报告和参与积极的面对面或远程社交互动.
- 动态结构方程建模用于分析人与人之间的影响.
主要成果:
- 积极的远程社会互动与人与人之间的孤独感降低有关.
- 远程互动频率增加与孤独感降低相关,但只有当面对面的互动受到限制时 (人与人之间).
- 社交互动对孤独的缓冲效应在基线孤独程度较高的人群中较弱.
结论:
- 社交互动,特别是在有限的时间内与人进行远程互动,可以帮助减轻孤独的感觉.
- 在慢性孤独的个体中,社交互动在减少孤独的有效性可能有限.
- 调查结果强调了可访问的社会联系对心理健康的重要性,特别是在公共卫生危机期间.
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