Looking Towards the Future in the Covid-19 Context
Links With Intolerance of Uncertainty and Mental Health
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13648623 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elena-Diana Dodiță (Alexandru Ioan Cuza University), Alina Macovei (Alexandru Ioan Cuza University), Loredana R Diaconu‐gherasim (0000-0003-3598-5375, University of Bucharest, corresponding author), Loredana R Diaconu-Gherasim (University of Bucharest) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Pages | 332941251414338-332941251414338 |
| Publication date | 2025-12-29 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00332941251414338 |
| PMID | 41461610 |
| OpenAlex | W7117544567 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 59 |
The uncertainty that surrounded the COVID-19 pandemic played a key role in the mental health experienced by people during that period. The present study examined the relation between future time perspective and mental health in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and whether intolerance of uncertainty may play a mediating role in this relation. A sample of 349 university students ( M age = 23.57, 87.4% females) completed scales assessing future time perspective, intolerance of uncertainty, positive mental health and psychological distress. The path analysis indicated that future time perspective was negatively related to both psychological distress and intolerance of uncertainty. The negative implications were significantly linked with both positive mental health and psychological distress. Further, the negative implications mediated the relation between future time perspectives and both indicators of mental health. These results underlined intolerance of uncertainty as a potential mechanism that might explain the impact of future time perspective on mental health in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The results are discussed in terms of practical implications regarding future time perspective and intolerance of uncertainty on young people's mental health
Context (archaeology · Distress · Mental distress · Mental health · Perspective (graphical · Psychological distress · Relation (database · Aging and Gerontology Research · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being · Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |