Closeness to Parents and Experiencing Threats with COVID-19 Mediates the Link between Personality and Stress among Adolescents

Ewa Gurba, Alicja Senejko, Grzegorz Godawa and Alicja Kalus
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Ewa Gurba: Department of Philosophy, The Pontifical University of John Paul II, 31-002 Cracow, Poland
Alicja Senejko: Institute of Psychology, University of Wrocław, 50-137 Wrocław, Poland
Grzegorz Godawa: Department of Social Sciences, The Pontifical University of John Paul II, 31-002 Cracow, Poland
Alicja Kalus: Institute of Psychology, University of Opole, 45-551 Opole, Poland

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 12, 1-14

Abstract: Purpose: many researchers have already established that the 2019 COVID-19 pandemic poses a threat to adolescent psychological health. Studies on the COVID-19 pandemic mainly focus on individual psychological consequences, such as anxiety, depression or stress. The presented study added a family context to psychological analyses of the COVID-19 pandemic in adolescence. We examined the mediational effects of closeness to parents and perceived pandemic-related threats to relationships between personality (emotional stability and agreeableness) and stress in adolescents. Methods: in total, 413 students from secondary schools in southern Poland completed questionnaires measuring stress, personality, closeness to parents and experiencing threats with COVID-19. Results: the results demonstrated that closeness with parents in conjunction with experiencing family-related threats and threats related to lifestyle changes were mediators between adolescent personality traits and the intensity of the stress experienced. Conclusions: closeness with parents and threats experienced with COVID-19 mediate relationships between personality traits (emotional stability and agreeableness) and the intensification of stress in adolescents.

Keywords: adolescence; COVID-19; family relationship; personality; stress (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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