Mindfulness and psychological distress in men during the COVID‐19 pandemic: The mediating role of environmental mastery and purpose in life.

Autor:	Palma, Emanuel Missias Silva, Reis de Sousa, Anderson, Aguiar, Carolina Villa Nova, Nilo, Nathali Guimarães, dos Santos, Tácio Matos
Předmět:	LIFE HEALTH self-care CROSS-sectional method PSYCHOLOGICAL distress MINDFULNESS MENTAL illness PSYCHOLOGY of men DESCRIPTIVE statistics PSYCHOLOGICAL stress COMPARATIVE studies DATA analysis software COVID-19 pandemic WELL-being
Zdroj:	Counselling & Psychotherapy Research; Mar2024, Vol. 24 Issue 1, p97-105, 9p
Abstrakt:	Men's mental health has been severely affected during the COVID‐19 pandemic, with many studies focussing on the determinants of men's psychological distress. This study aimed at examining the relationships between mindfulness, environmental mastery (EM), purpose in life (PL) and indicators of psychological distress (i.e., common mental disorders and perceived stress). This was a cross‐sectional online study in which participants were 1,006 men aged between 29 and 39 years (45.1%), residing in Brazil during the first wave of the COVID‐19 pandemic. A parallel multiple mediator model was used to test the study variables' relationships, using mindfulness as the independent variable and indicators of psychological distress as the dependent variables. Results indicated that EM and PL significantly mediated the effects of mindfulness on men's psychological distress, lowering its levels and accounting for 31% of common mental disorders and 51% of perceived stress. Implications for public health policies and clinical practice are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze:	Complementary Index
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