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COVID-19 trauma-related stress in young people: do sensory-processing sensitivity, resilience, and life satisfaction play a role?

Iordanou, Christiana, Turner, Ellie (2024) COVID-19 trauma-related stress in young people: do sensory-processing sensitivity, resilience, and life satisfaction play a role? Psychology, Health & Medicine, . ISSN 1354-8506. E-ISSN 1465-3966. (doi:10.1080/13548506.2024.2439065) (KAR id:108294)

Abstract

Although COVID-19 was experienced as a traumatic event with long-lasting effects, there is limited data on its traumatic impact in relation to factors that can promote or threaten young people's mental wellbeing. This study investigated the association between sensory-processing sensitivity (SPS), resilience, and life satisfaction with COVID-19 trauma-related stress and whether resilience mediates the relationship between SPS and COVID-19 traumatic stress in a young sample. A total of 441 individuals aged between 16 and 25 years (  = 19.26,  = 1.65) participated in an online survey in the UK between November 2021 and April 2022. We found that SPS was positively correlated, and resilience was negatively correlated with COVID-19 trauma-related stress. Life satisfaction was not significantly related to COVID-19 trauma-related stress. A mediation analysis showed that the relationship between SPS and COVID-19 trauma-related stress was mediated by resilience. Our findings suggest that resilience can be a protective factor against the traumatic effect of COVID-19 in young people, but other factors should also be considered. Our study makes implications about the potential benefits of including resilience in interventions which target young people's mental wellbeing.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1080/13548506.2024.2439065
Uncontrolled keywords: COVID-19 trauma-related stress, resilience, adolescents, young people, Sensory-processing sensitivity
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion
B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Psychology
Funders: University of Kent (https://ror.org/00xkeyj56)
SWORD Depositor: JISC Publications Router
Depositing User: JISC Publications Router
Date Deposited: 24 Jan 2025 11:12 UTC
Last Modified: 27 Jan 2025 12:02 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/108294 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Iordanou, Christiana.

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Turner, Ellie.

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