Personality and Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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dc.contributor.authorBilgin, İlayda
dc.contributor.authorTetik, Asuman Büyükcan
dc.contributor.authorAykutoğlu, Bülent
dc.contributor.authorBaş, Samet
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-24T16:35:51Z
dc.date.available2025-02-24T16:35:51Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.departmentFakülteler, Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi, Psikoloji Bölümü
dc.description.abstractThe COVID-19 pandemic was a health crisis eliciting a variety of stressors, leading to reductions in well-being worldwide. Personality traits are among the key factors determining how individuals respond to adversity and disasters. The aim of this study is to investigate the association between a wide range of personality characteristics and different indicators of psychological well-being in Turkish university undergraduates during the first lockdown of the pandemic. The data were collected through an online cross-sectional survey. Zero-order correlations in the analysis demonstrated higher resilience, extraversion, openness, agreeableness, and conscientiousness related to higher well-being, whereas neuroticism and attachment anxiety were related to lower well-being. The results of the multivariate regression analysis with the personality characteristics within the study showed that resilience was consistently and strongly associated with better psychological well-being. Neuroticism was related positively to depression and anxiety symptoms and negative affect but unrelated to positive affect. High self-control was linked to a more positive affect and less negative affect. Our findings illustrated personality’s potential adaptive and maladaptive effects on reported mental health during the pandemic. The findings are discussed to shed light on future studies regarding the connection between personality traits and life events. © 2024, Ankara University. All rights reserved.
dc.identifier.doi10.35341/afet.1264411
dc.identifier.endpage70
dc.identifier.issn2636-8390
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85215318520
dc.identifier.scopusqualityN/A
dc.identifier.startpage62
dc.identifier.trdizinid1231573
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.35341/afet.1264411
dc.identifier.urihttps://search.trdizin.gov.tr/tr/yayin/detay/1231573
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14440/637
dc.identifier.volume7
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakTR-Dizin
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAnkara University
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Disaster and Risk
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_Scopus_20250201
dc.subjectAnxiety
dc.subjectCOVID-19 Pandemic
dc.subjectDepression
dc.subjectPersonality
dc.subjectPsychological Well-Being
dc.titlePersonality and Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic
dc.typeArticle

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