TY - JOUR
T1 - Emotional Well-Being Under Conditions of Lockdown
T2 - An Experience Sampling Study in Austria During the COVID-19 Pandemic
AU - Stieger, Stefan
AU - Lewetz, David
AU - Swami, Viren
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Balthasar Aboal, Sandra Aschauer, Sophie Biebl, Silvana Breuer, Michael Buchecker, Giulia Danilin, Sarah Edtmayer, Hannah Marion Graf, Franziska Christina Jedlicka, Sara Elea Jöchlinger, Sophie Kellerberger, Raphaela Komolka, Sara Maria Migdal, Martina Maria Rechl, Sophie Reiner, Stella Riegler, Sabrina Schindele, Tamara Schmid, Hannah Sertic, Maximilian Wagner, Julia Jasmin Winkler, Sarah Wittmann, and Nicole Xynos for their support with data collection.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, Springer Nature B.V.
PY - 2021/8
Y1 - 2021/8
N2 - The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and attendant lockdown measures present serious threats to emotional well-being worldwide. Here, we examined the extent to which being outdoors (vs. indoors), the experience of loneliness, and screen-time are associated with emotional well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic using an experiencing sampling method. In April 2020, Austrian adults (N = 286, age M = 31.0 years) completed a 21-day experience sampling phase in which they reported their emotional well-being (i.e., happiness), whether they were indoors or outdoors, and loneliness at three random time-points each day, as well as their daily screen-time. Results indicated that being outdoors was associated with higher emotional well-being, whereas greater loneliness and greater daily screen-time were associated with poorer well-being. Additionally, the impact of loneliness on well-being was weaker when participants were outdoors than indoors. These results have health policy implications for the promotion of population well-being during pandemics.
AB - The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and attendant lockdown measures present serious threats to emotional well-being worldwide. Here, we examined the extent to which being outdoors (vs. indoors), the experience of loneliness, and screen-time are associated with emotional well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic using an experiencing sampling method. In April 2020, Austrian adults (N = 286, age M = 31.0 years) completed a 21-day experience sampling phase in which they reported their emotional well-being (i.e., happiness), whether they were indoors or outdoors, and loneliness at three random time-points each day, as well as their daily screen-time. Results indicated that being outdoors was associated with higher emotional well-being, whereas greater loneliness and greater daily screen-time were associated with poorer well-being. Additionally, the impact of loneliness on well-being was weaker when participants were outdoors than indoors. These results have health policy implications for the promotion of population well-being during pandemics.
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U2 - 10.1007/s10902-020-00337-2
DO - 10.1007/s10902-020-00337-2
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 33424431
SN - 1389-4978
VL - 22
SP - 2703
EP - 2720
JO - Journal of Happiness Studies
JF - Journal of Happiness Studies
IS - 6
ER -