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Optimism, resilience, and general self-efficacy predict lower somatic burden during the COVID-19 pandemic
Healthcare. 2024. Vol. 12. No. 13. Article 1338.
Zolotareva A., Khegay, A., Voevodina E., Kritsky I., Ibragimov R., Nizovskih N., Konstantinov V., Malenova A., Belasheva I., Khodyreva N., Preobrazhensky V., Azanova K., Sarapultseva L., Galimova A., Atamanova I., Kulik A., Neyaskina Y., Lapshin M., Mamonova M., Kadyrov R., Volkova E., Drachkova V., Seryy A., Kosheleva N., Osin E.
There is scarce evidence of a relationship between positive and psychosomatic characteristics. This study aimed to examine the associations of somatic burden with psychological resources such as optimism, resilience, and general self-efficacy. Russian participants (n = 1020) completed measures of psychological resources at Time 1 and somatic symptoms at Time 2. The results showed that somatic burden decreased with greater levels of optimism, resilience, and general self-efficacy. Regarding health and sociodemographic characteristics, female sex increased somatic burden in the model with optimism scores, university education decreased somatic burden in the model with resilience scores, and history of COVID-19 disease increased somatic burden in the models with optimism, resilience, and general self-efficacy scores. This study has theoretical and practical contributions. It combines positive psychology and psychosomatic medicine and highlights the value of psychological resource interventions in the treatment and prevention of somatic burden. These findings may be useful for scientists, clinicians, and practitioners.
Keywords: optimismself-efficacyresilienceresiliencesomatic burdensomatic burdenpsychological resourcesoptimismself-efficacypsychological resources
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