@article{10902/31351,
year = {2021},
month = {10},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10902/31351},
abstract = {COVID-19 has become a major source of stress as it puts individuals at risk of a range of mental health problems. Personality traits may predispose people to use adaptive or maladaptive coping strategies that lead to different health-related outcomes. The goal of the present study was to examine whether the use of distinct coping strategies during this stressful COVID-19 outbreak mediates the relationships between Dark Triad (DT) traits and stress, depression, and anxiety.
The study was conducted in Poland (N?=?1086) and Spain (N?=?582), thus cross-culturally validated measures were used to assess depression, anxiety and stress (DASS-21), cognitive emotion regulation strategies (CERQ) and socially aversive traits covered by DT (Dirty Dozen scale). The study shows that maladaptive CERS mediates the relationships between narcissism/Machiavellianism and stress, anxiety and depression. Additionally, adaptive CERS mediates the relationship between psychopathy and depression. The results provide a better understanding of the mediating role of CERS on the relationships between DT traits and the stress, anxiety and depression experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic.},
publisher = {Elsevier},
publisher = {Personality and Individual Differences, 2021, 181, 111018},
title = {Cognitive emotion regulation strategies mediate the relationships between DarkTriad traits and negative emotional states experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic},
author = {Mojsa-Kaja, Justyna and Szklarczyk, Klaudia and González Yubero, Sara and Palomera Martín, Raquel},
}