Self-Care Behaviors and Affect during the Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Autor/inn/en	David J. Disabato; Pallavi Aurora; Pooja G. Sidney; Jennifer M. Taber; Clarissa A. Thompson; Karin G. Coifman
Titel	Self-Care Behaviors and Affect during the Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Quelle	(2022) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (David J. Disabato) ORCID (Pallavi Aurora) ORCID (Jennifer M. Taber) ORCID (Clarissa A. Thompson) ORCID (Karin G. Coifman) Weitere Informationen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monografie
DOI	10.1037/hea0001239
Schlagwörter	Forschungsbericht; Pandemics; COVID-19; Emotional Response; Daily Living Skills; Health Behavior; Affective Behavior; Adults; Mental Health; Positive Attitudes; Negative Attitudes; Emotional Experience; Coping + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Emotionales Verhalten; Alltagsfertigkeit; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Psychohygiene; Negative Fixierung; Bewältigung
Abstract	Objective: Self-care behaviors aimed at maintaining physical and mental health are often recommended during stressful contexts. We tested emotional predictors of self-care behaviors (healthy eating, exercise, engaging in a hobby, relaxation/meditation, time spent with a supportive person, talking online with friends/family) during the COVID-19 pandemic and their emotional consequences. We hypothesized a reciprocal within-person process whereby positive affect increases self-care behaviors (Hypothesis 1) and self-care behaviors increase positive affect while decreasing negative affect (Hypothesis 2). Method: A 10-day daily diary was completed by 289 adult participants in the United States during spring 2020 when counties in 40 out of 50 states had some form of stay-at-home orders. Results: Lagged analyses for Hypothesis 1 suggested that positive affect did not significantly predict residualized change in self-care behaviors; however, more intense negative affect predicted increased self-care behaviors from one day to the next. Concurrent analyses for Hypothesis 2 indicated most self-care behaviors were associated with more positive affect and some with less negative affect on the same day. Lagged analyses for Hypothesis 2 indicated that self-care behaviors largely did not predict residualized change in positive or negative affect from one day to the next. At the between-person level, people who experienced more positive affect engaged in more self-care behaviors across the sampling period. Conclusion: Self-care behaviors continue to have mental health benefits during stressful environments such as the COVID-19 pandemic and stay-at-home orders. Negative affect can play an adaptive role during times of stress by facilitating self-care. [This is the online version of an article published in "Health Psychology" (ISSN 0278-6133).] (As Provided).
Begutachtung	Peer reviewed
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01