Emotional experiences and psychological well-being in 51 countries during the COVID-19 pandemic

Rui Sun; Alisa Balabanova; Claude Julien Bajada; Yang Liu; Mariia Kriuchok; Silja-Riin Voolma; Mirna Duric; Claude-Helene Mayer; Maria Constantinou; Mariam Chichua; Chengcheng Li; Ashley Foster-Estwick; Kurt Borg; Carin Hill; Rishabh Kaushal; Ketaki Diwan; Valeria Vitale; Tiarah Engels; Rabiah Aminudin; Irina Ursu; Tengku Nila Fadhlia; Yi-jung Wu; Lusanda Sekaja; Milad Hadchity; Anita Deak; Shahira Sharaf; Pau Figueras; Anthony Kaziboni; Aoife Whiston; Kalliopi Ioumpa; Alfredo Montelongo; Lisanne Pauw; Gabriela Pavarini; Evgeniya Vedernikova; TuongVan Vu; Lauri Nummenmaa; Yong-Qi Cong; Milica Nikolic; Andrea Olguin; Wai Kai Hou; Jacob Israelashvili; Hyunjin J. Koo; Samaneh Khademi; Chinwendu G. Ukachukwu; Damian Omari Juma; Roza G. Kamiloglu; Akerke Makhmud; Peter Sigurdson Lunga; Carlotta Rieble; Muhammad Rizwan; Mai Helmy; Laura Vuillier; Kunalan Manokara; Enzo Caceres Quezada; Delgermend Tserendamba; Michiko Yoshie; Amy H. Du; Kumba Philip-Joe; Pala Bjork Kuld; Kalifa Damani; Annabella Osei-Tutu; Disa Sauter

doi:10.1037/emo0001235

Emotional experiences and psychological well-being in 51 countries during the COVID-19 pandemic

Rui Sun, Alisa Balabanova, Claude Julien Bajada, Yang Liu, Mariia Kriuchok, Silja-Riin Voolma, Mirna Duric, Claude-Helene Mayer, Maria Constantinou, Mariam Chichua, Chengcheng Li, Ashley Foster-Estwick, Kurt Borg, Carin Hill, Rishabh Kaushal, Ketaki Diwan, Valeria Vitale, Tiarah Engels, Rabiah Aminudin, Irina UrsuTengku Nila Fadhlia, Yi-jung Wu, Lusanda Sekaja, Milad Hadchity, Anita Deak, Shahira Sharaf, Pau Figueras, Anthony Kaziboni, Aoife Whiston, Kalliopi Ioumpa, Alfredo Montelongo, Lisanne Pauw, Gabriela Pavarini, Evgeniya Vedernikova, TuongVan Vu, Lauri Nummenmaa, Yong-Qi Cong, Milica Nikolic, Andrea Olguin, Wai Kai Hou, Jacob Israelashvili, Hyunjin J. Koo, Samaneh Khademi, Chinwendu G. Ukachukwu, Damian Omari Juma, Roza G. Kamiloglu, Akerke Makhmud, Peter Sigurdson Lunga, Carlotta Rieble, Muhammad Rizwan, Mai Helmy, Laura Vuillier, Kunalan Manokara, Enzo Caceres Quezada, Delgermend Tserendamba, Michiko Yoshie, Amy H. Du, Kumba Philip-Joe, Pala Bjork Kuld, Kalifa Damani, Annabella Osei-Tutu, Disa Sauter^*

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The COVID-19 pandemic presents challenges to psychological well-being, but how can we predict when people suffer or cope during sustained stress? Here, we test the prediction that specific types of momentary emotional experiences are differently linked to psychological well-being during the pandemic. Study 1 used survey data collected from 24,221 participants in 51 countries during the COVID-19 outbreak. We show that, across countries, well-being is linked to individuals' recent emotional experiences, including calm, hope, anxiety, loneliness, and sadness. Consistent results are found in two age, sex, and ethnicity-representative samples in the United Kingdom (n = 971) and the United States (n = 961) with preregistered analyses (Study 2). A prospective 30-day daily diary study conducted in the United Kingdom (n = 110) confirms the key role of these five emotions and demonstrates that emotional experiences precede changes in well-being (Study 3). Our findings highlight differential relationships between specific types of momentary emotional experiences and well-being and point to the cultivation of calm and hope as candidate routes for well-being interventions during periods of sustained stress.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	397-411
Number of pages	15
Journal	Emotion
Volume	24
Issue number	2
Early online date	2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001235
Publication status	Published - 2024

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COVID-19 pandemic
Emotion
Stress
Well-being

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Sun, R., Balabanova, A., Bajada, C. J., Liu, Y., Kriuchok, M., Voolma, S.-R., Duric, M., Mayer, C.-H., Constantinou, M., Chichua, M., Li, C., Foster-Estwick, A., Borg, K., Hill, C., Kaushal, R., Diwan, K., Vitale, V., Engels, T., Aminudin, R., ... Sauter, D. (2024). Emotional experiences and psychological well-being in 51 countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. Emotion, 24(2), 397-411. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001235

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