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- Title
The Protective Role of Mature Defense Mechanisms on Satisfaction with Life in the COVID-19 Era: A Moderated Mediation Analysis.
- Authors
Gori, Alessio; Topino, Eleonora; Musetti, Alessandro; Giannini, Marco; Grotto, Rosapia Lauro; Svicher, Andrea; Di Fabio, Annamaria
- Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic significantly influenced people's lives, with non-negligible consequences for the perception of well-being. This study sought to examine the effect of anxiety, post-traumatic impairment, and mature defenses on life satisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic. One thousand three hundred thirty-nine Italian individuals (30% male; 70% female; Mage = 34.70; SD = 11.83) completed an online survey enclosing the Satisfaction with Life Scale, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory—Form X3, Impact of event scale—revised, and the Forty Item Defense Style Questionnaire. To test the hypothesized relationship, data were analyzed by applying a moderated-mediation analysis, a regression-based approach. Results showed that the negative effect of anxiety on life satisfaction was partially mediated by post-traumatic impairment, with a significant moderation effect of mature defenses on the relationship between post-traumatic impairment and life satisfaction. Specifically, with higher levels of mature defenses, the effects of post-traumatic impairment on consequences of the COVID-19 emergency on well-being. Furthermore, the protective role of mature defenses in facing post-traumatic impairment was shown. Such data may have applicative implications in different contexts in a management perspective of the different pandemic phases, contributing to more effective positive strength-based preventive actions to also support positive healthy organizations.
- Subjects
LIFE satisfaction; IMPACT of Event Scale; STATE-Trait Anxiety Inventory; COVID-19 pandemic; COVID-19; DEFENSE mechanisms (Psychology)
- Publication
Behavioral Sciences (2076-328X), 2022, Vol 12, Issue 8, pN.PAG
- ISSN
2076-328X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/bs12080290