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Paradoxical Impacts of Social Relationship on Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic

verfasst von: Seojin Stacey Lee, Yerin Shim, Jongan Choi, Incheol Choi

Erschienen in: Journal of Happiness Studies | Ausgabe 2/2023

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Social interaction is an important source of psychological and physical well-being during normal times. However, following the COVID-19 outbreak, which spreads rapidly from person to person, social interaction poses a fatal threat to one’s health and life. Therefore, several countries including South Korea implemented an intense social distancing mandate to prevent the spread of the virus. During these unique times of pandemic, the current research investigated whether and how an individual’s well-being varies as a function of their interaction with various relationship partners using experience sampling data (Study 1) and online longitudinal data (Study 2). The results indicated that being alone was more detrimental to well-being during the pandemic than before it. Specifically, interaction with close relationship partners (e.g., romantic partner, spouse, or friend) was positively related to well-being, whereas interaction with formal relationship partners (e.g., coworker, boss) was negatively linked to momentary well-being during the pandemic. Furthermore, our study showed that the association between social supports from close relationships and well-being was temporally strengthened during COVID-19 pandemic. In sum, the benefits of close relationships on well-being were stronger during the COVID-19 pandemic than before it.

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All results obtained from the PSM datasets. Details of results from the full datasets are available upon request from authors.

We selected January 20, 2020 and May 31, 2020 as the study period, given that the first case of COVID-19 in South Korea was reported on January 20, 2020, and the data collected until May 31, 2020 were available at the time this paper was written.

Due to the company’s privacy policy, we were permitted to collect only limited demographic information such as age, gender, and region of residence.

All the results held when gender and age were not included as covariates.

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Titel: Paradoxical Impacts of Social Relationship on Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic
verfasst von: Seojin Stacey Lee
Yerin Shim
Jongan Choi
Incheol Choi
Publikationsdatum: 11.01.2023
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in: Journal of Happiness Studies / Ausgabe 2/2023
Print ISSN: 1389-4978
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-7780
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-022-00614-2

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