Quality of Life and Job Loss during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Mediation by Hopelessness and Moderation by Trait Emotional Intelligence

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Rosa Lo Baido¹  Giacomo Mancini²  Elena Trombini³  Erica Neri³  Federica Andrei³  Marco Andrea Piombo³  Francesca Agostini³  Sabina La Grutta⁴  Martina Riolo⁴  Vittoria Spicuzza⁴  Maria Stella Epifanio⁴ 

[1] Department of Biomedicine, Neuroscience and Advanced Diagnostics (Bi.N.D.), University of Palermo, 90129 Palermo, Italy;Department of Education Studies “Giovanni Maria Bertin”, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy;Department of Psychology “Renzo Canestrari”, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, 40127 Bologna, Italy;Department of Psychology, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy;

关键词: COVID-19 pandemic;    quality of life;    trait emotional intelligence;    hopelessness;    job loss;    TEIQue;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ijerph19052756

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This study contributes to the knowledge on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic by examining a moderated mediation model in which the impact of job loss over quality of life (QoL) is mediated by hopelessness and moderated by trait emotional intelligence (trait EI). Data were collected from a large nationally representative Italian sample of adult workers (N = 1610), who completed a series of anonymous online questionnaires. Total, direct and indirect effects were estimated through bootstrapped mediated moderation analyses providing 95% bias corrected bootstrap confidence intervals. After controlling for the effects of gender and age range, job loss was found to be negatively associated with QoL, and hopelessness partially mediated such relationship. These relationships were in turn moderated by trait EI. Our study suggests that trait EI levels act as protective factor for a good QoL, mitigating the impact of both job loss and hopelessness over QoL levels during the COVID-19 pandemic. Identifying psychological protective and/or risk factors for a better QoL is crucial for the development of interventions aimed at reducing the emotional impact of the pandemic and of its negative real-life consequences.

【 授权许可】

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