Anxious Thoughts and Well-Being in University Students with Anxiety in the Two Years After the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Mediational Relationship of Physical Symptoms and Sadness Rumination
Objective: This study examines the relationship between anxious thoughts and well-being, with physical symptoms and sadness rumination as mediators, in young people who suffer from anxiety in the first two years after the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A community sample of 198 participants, 94 males a...
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| description | Objective: This study examines the relationship between anxious thoughts and well-being, with physical symptoms and sadness rumination as mediators, in young people who suffer from anxiety in the first two years after the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A community sample of 198 participants, 94 males and 104 females, aged between 19 and 35 years, all of them experiencing an anxiety disorder in their past, answered an online survey during the years 2022–2023. The instruments were the Rumination of Sadness and Anger Questionnaire, The Burns Inventory, and Ryff’s Psychological Well-being Scale. The data analysis used hierarchical regression. Results: The results show that the conditional indirect effects of anxious thoughts on well-being are statistically significant (<i>β</i> = −0.29, <i>SE</i> = 0.08, <i>p</i> < 0.001) for high physical symptoms of anxiety (<i>β</i> = 0.25, <i>SE</i> = 0.11, <i>p</i> < 0.001) and for high sadness rumination (<i>β</i> = −0.82, <i>SE</i> = 0.04, <i>p</i> < 0.001). Physical symptoms of anxiety (<i>β</i> = 0.25, <i>SE</i> = 0.11, <i>p</i> < 0.001) and sadness rumination (<i>β</i> = 0.05, <i>SE</i> = 0.07, <i>p</i> < 0.001) have a partial serially mediating effect on the relationship between anxious thoughts and well-being (<i>β</i> = −0.74, <i>SE</i> = 0.02, <i>p</i> < 0.001). |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d910a2e4c73c416e917cfff542fb3f252025-08-20T02:07:58ZengMDPI AGBehavioral Sciences2076-328X2024-11-011411110910.3390/bs14111109Anxious Thoughts and Well-Being in University Students with Anxiety in the Two Years After the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Mediational Relationship of Physical Symptoms and Sadness RuminationElena Ioana Fratea0Manuela Mihaela Ciucurel1Geanina Cucu Ciuhan2Department of Psychology, Communication Sciences and Social Work, Faculty of Educational Sciences, Social Sciences and Psychology, University Center Pitesti, National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, 110040 Pitesti, RomaniaDepartment of Psychology, Communication Sciences and Social Work, Faculty of Educational Sciences, Social Sciences and Psychology, University Center Pitesti, National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, 110040 Pitesti, RomaniaDepartment of Psychology, Communication Sciences and Social Work, Faculty of Educational Sciences, Social Sciences and Psychology, University Center Pitesti, National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest, 110040 Pitesti, RomaniaObjective: This study examines the relationship between anxious thoughts and well-being, with physical symptoms and sadness rumination as mediators, in young people who suffer from anxiety in the first two years after the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A community sample of 198 participants, 94 males and 104 females, aged between 19 and 35 years, all of them experiencing an anxiety disorder in their past, answered an online survey during the years 2022–2023. The instruments were the Rumination of Sadness and Anger Questionnaire, The Burns Inventory, and Ryff’s Psychological Well-being Scale. The data analysis used hierarchical regression. Results: The results show that the conditional indirect effects of anxious thoughts on well-being are statistically significant (<i>β</i> = −0.29, <i>SE</i> = 0.08, <i>p</i> < 0.001) for high physical symptoms of anxiety (<i>β</i> = 0.25, <i>SE</i> = 0.11, <i>p</i> < 0.001) and for high sadness rumination (<i>β</i> = −0.82, <i>SE</i> = 0.04, <i>p</i> < 0.001). Physical symptoms of anxiety (<i>β</i> = 0.25, <i>SE</i> = 0.11, <i>p</i> < 0.001) and sadness rumination (<i>β</i> = 0.05, <i>SE</i> = 0.07, <i>p</i> < 0.001) have a partial serially mediating effect on the relationship between anxious thoughts and well-being (<i>β</i> = −0.74, <i>SE</i> = 0.02, <i>p</i> < 0.001).https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/14/11/1109anxious thoughtsphysical symptoms of anxietyruminationwell-being |
| spellingShingle | Elena Ioana Fratea Manuela Mihaela Ciucurel Geanina Cucu Ciuhan Anxious Thoughts and Well-Being in University Students with Anxiety in the Two Years After the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Mediational Relationship of Physical Symptoms and Sadness Rumination Behavioral Sciences anxious thoughts physical symptoms of anxiety rumination well-being |
| title | Anxious Thoughts and Well-Being in University Students with Anxiety in the Two Years After the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Mediational Relationship of Physical Symptoms and Sadness Rumination |
| title_full | Anxious Thoughts and Well-Being in University Students with Anxiety in the Two Years After the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Mediational Relationship of Physical Symptoms and Sadness Rumination |
| title_fullStr | Anxious Thoughts and Well-Being in University Students with Anxiety in the Two Years After the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Mediational Relationship of Physical Symptoms and Sadness Rumination |
| title_full_unstemmed | Anxious Thoughts and Well-Being in University Students with Anxiety in the Two Years After the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Mediational Relationship of Physical Symptoms and Sadness Rumination |
| title_short | Anxious Thoughts and Well-Being in University Students with Anxiety in the Two Years After the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Mediational Relationship of Physical Symptoms and Sadness Rumination |
| title_sort | anxious thoughts and well being in university students with anxiety in the two years after the covid 19 pandemic the mediational relationship of physical symptoms and sadness rumination |
| topic | anxious thoughts physical symptoms of anxiety rumination well-being |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/14/11/1109 |
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