RT journal article
T1 The presence of meaning in life and character strengths as protective factors of anxious-depressive symptoms in adolescents from Spain and Russia during the COVID-19 pandemic
A1 Shub, Svetlana
A1 González de la Torre Benítez, Gabriel
A1 Rodríguez Mora, Álvaro
A1 Mestre Navas, José Miguel
A2 Psicología
K1 Meaning in life
K1 character strengths
K1 anxiety
K1 depression
K1 adolescents
AB The presence of meaning in life (MiL) and character strengths (CS) are protective factors for adolescents’ mental health. The main objective of the present study was to explore transculturally the relationship between MiL and CS with anxiety and depression in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic among adolescents. Adolescents (N = 577) aged 14 to 18 (319 Russians and 258 Spaniards) completed online questionnaires during the pandemic. The results showed that in both samples, zest, gratitude, and love were the most robust predictors of depression symptoms; zest, hope, and love in girls, and self-regulation, hope, and presence of MiL in boys more robustly predicted anxiety symptoms. The findings provide data on the resilience function of CS and the presence of MiL during the COVID-19 pandemic and have important preventive practical implications.
PB Routledge
SN 0267-3843
YR 2024
FD 2024
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/33232
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/33232
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 22-sep-2026