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      Social Support and Hope Mediate the Relationship Between Gratitude and Depression Among Front-Line Medical Staff During the Pandemic of COVID-19

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      Journal: Frontiers in Psychology
      Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
      Keywords: COVID-19, gratitude, social support, hope, depression

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          Abstract

          Background

          The pandemic of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has burdened an unprecedented psychological stress on the front-line medical staff, who are at high risk of depression. While existing studies and theories suggest that factors such as gratitude, social support, and hope play a role in the risk of depression, few studies have combined these factors to explore the relationship between them.

          Objective

          This study examined the mediating roles of social support and hope in the relationship between gratitude and depression among front-line medical staff during the pandemic of COVID-19.

          Methods

          This study used the Gratitude Questionnaire, the Perceived Social Support Scale (PSSS), the State Hope Scale (SHS), and the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale to examine the gratitude, social support, hope, and depression among 344 front-line medical workers in Wuhan, which was the hardest-hit area of COVID-19 in China.

          Results

          The results showed that the prevalence of mild depressive disorder was 40.12% and the prevalence of major depressive disorder was 9.59% among front-line medical staff during the pandemic of COVID-19; gratitude has a direct and negative effect on depression. Gratitude was negative predictors of depression through the mediating variables of social support and hope [β gratitude – social support – depression = −0.096, 95%CI(−0.129 to −0.064); β gratitude – hope – depression = −0.034, 95%CI(−0.055 to −0.013)], as well as via an indirect path from social support to hope [β gratitude – social support – hope – depression = −0.089, 95%CI (−0.108 to −0.070)].

          Conclusion

          The study findings indicate that gratitude as a positive emotion can reduce depression in medical staff by promoting social support and hope, respectively. Gratitude also reduced depression in health care workers through a chain mediating effect of social support and hope. Overall, gratitude can directly foster social support and hope, and protect people from stress and depression, which has implications for clinical interventions among front-line medical staff during the pandemic of COVID-19.

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                Journal
                Journal ID (nlm-ta): Front Psychol
                Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Front Psychol
                Journal ID (publisher-id): Front. Psychol.
                Title: Frontiers in Psychology
                Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
                ISSN (Electronic): 1664-1078
                Publication date (Electronic): 10 March 2021
                Publication date Collection: 2021
                Publication date PMC-release: 10 March 2021
                Volume: 12
                Electronic Location Identifier: 623873
                Affiliations
                [1] 1Student Mental Health Education and Counseling Center, Northwest Minzu University , Lanzhou, China
                [2] 2Department of Neurology, The 940th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force of the PLA , Lanzhou, China
                Author notes

                Edited by: Elena Vegni, University of Milan, Italy

                Reviewed by: Isolde Martina Busch, University of Verona, Italy; Elena Marta, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy

                *Correspondence: Rong Yin, yin_rong_@ 123456hotmail.com

                This article was submitted to Psychology for Clinical Settings, a section of the journal Frontiers in Psychology

                Article
                DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.623873
                PMC ID: 7987792
                PubMed ID: 33776846
                SO-VID: 708cd3ed-70a8-439a-b6b4-85f3ba8cb0e9
                Copyright © Copyright © 2021 Feng and Yin.
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                This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

                History
                Date received : 30 October 2020
                Date accepted : 09 February 2021
                Page count
                Figures: 1, Tables: 1, Equations: 0, References: 40, Pages: 7, Words: 0
                Funding
                Funded by: Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities 10.13039/501100012226
                Categories
                Subject: Psychology
                Subject: Original Research

                ScienceOpen disciplines: Clinical Psychology & Psychiatry
                Keywords: covid-19,gratitude,social support,hope,depression
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                ScienceOpen disciplines: Clinical Psychology & Psychiatry
                Keywords: covid-19, gratitude, social support, hope, depression

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