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Effects of Irritability of the Youth on Subjective Well-Being: Mediating Effect of Coping Styles

BACKGROUND: The global COVID-19 pandemic caused great impacts and influences to human psychology. As a result, youths who are kept at home for a long time easily develop irritability and problematic behaviors. However, relatively little attention has been paid to the relations among irritability, co...

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Autores principales: ZHANG, Ling, YAO, Benxian, ZHANG, Xiaodan, XU, Hao
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7719647/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33346241
http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/ijph.v49i10.4685
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YAO, Benxian
ZHANG, Xiaodan
XU, Hao
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description BACKGROUND: The global COVID-19 pandemic caused great impacts and influences to human psychology. As a result, youths who are kept at home for a long time easily develop irritability and problematic behaviors. However, relatively little attention has been paid to the relations among irritability, coping style, and subjective well-being of the youth. METHODS: Overall, 1,033 youth respondents (aged 18–30 yr) from seven provinces in China were investigated in 2020 using the irritability, depression, and anxiety scale, coping style scale, and well-being index scale. RESULTS: Among the dimensions of irritability of the youth, anxiety received the highest score, followed by introversion irritability, extroversion irritability, and depression. Irritability had significant regional differences. The total score of irritability among rural youth was significantly higher than that of urban youth (P<0.05). The irritability level of youths with parents’ emotional status was harmonious and good relations with family members and peers was far lower than those of youths who have poor relations between parents, family members, and peers (P<0.05). The irritability level of youths with a lower monthly household income was higher (P<0.05). Irritability of the youth had significantly negative correlations with positive response and SWB, and it had a significantly positive correlative with negative response. Coping style can mediate the relationship between irritability and SWB of the youth to some extent. CONCLUSION: Significant correlations exist among irritability, coping style, and SWB of the youth. Irritability can be used to predict SWB indirectly through positive response.
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spelling pubmed-77196472020-12-17 Effects of Irritability of the Youth on Subjective Well-Being: Mediating Effect of Coping Styles ZHANG, Ling YAO, Benxian ZHANG, Xiaodan XU, Hao Iran J Public Health Original Article BACKGROUND: The global COVID-19 pandemic caused great impacts and influences to human psychology. As a result, youths who are kept at home for a long time easily develop irritability and problematic behaviors. However, relatively little attention has been paid to the relations among irritability, coping style, and subjective well-being of the youth. METHODS: Overall, 1,033 youth respondents (aged 18–30 yr) from seven provinces in China were investigated in 2020 using the irritability, depression, and anxiety scale, coping style scale, and well-being index scale. RESULTS: Among the dimensions of irritability of the youth, anxiety received the highest score, followed by introversion irritability, extroversion irritability, and depression. Irritability had significant regional differences. The total score of irritability among rural youth was significantly higher than that of urban youth (P<0.05). The irritability level of youths with parents’ emotional status was harmonious and good relations with family members and peers was far lower than those of youths who have poor relations between parents, family members, and peers (P<0.05). The irritability level of youths with a lower monthly household income was higher (P<0.05). Irritability of the youth had significantly negative correlations with positive response and SWB, and it had a significantly positive correlative with negative response. Coping style can mediate the relationship between irritability and SWB of the youth to some extent. CONCLUSION: Significant correlations exist among irritability, coping style, and SWB of the youth. Irritability can be used to predict SWB indirectly through positive response. Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2020-10 /pmc/articles/PMC7719647/ /pubmed/33346241 http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/ijph.v49i10.4685 Text en Copyright© Iranian Public Health Association & Tehran University of Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Effects of Irritability of the Youth on Subjective Well-Being: Mediating Effect of Coping Styles
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title_short Effects of Irritability of the Youth on Subjective Well-Being: Mediating Effect of Coping Styles
title_sort effects of irritability of the youth on subjective well-being: mediating effect of coping styles
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7719647/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33346241
http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/ijph.v49i10.4685
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