Subjective well-being before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: Subjective well-being before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

Background: the COVD-19 pandemic imposed changes in the daily life affecting also the well-being, defined as the cognitive and affective evaluation of one’s life. The semantic networks were useful to study differences, as they represent mental models in graphs. Objective: To determine the effect of...

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Autor: Flores-Cano, Olga
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:INTERdisciplina
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/85572
Acceso en línea:https://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/inter/article/view/85572
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:graph
subjective well-being
semantic networks
Mexico City
hub
grafo
bienestar subjetivo
redes semánticas
Ciudad de México
foco
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Sumario:Background: the COVD-19 pandemic imposed changes in the daily life affecting also the well-being, defined as the cognitive and affective evaluation of one’s life. The semantic networks were useful to study differences, as they represent mental models in graphs. Objective: To determine the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the well-being of inhabitants of the Metropolitan Zone of Mexico City. Method: equivalent samples of years 2018 and 2021 (total N = 342, men 37%, women 63%), 18 years and older (x̅ = 34.05 years, s.d. = 12.5 years), inhabitants of the Metropolitan Zone of Mexico City responded to a questionnaire which included a semantic network section (it included informed consent). Analysis reported central tendency measures for the graphs of 2018 and 2021. Results: well-being for the years 2018 and 2021 had differences within the organization and had statistically significant differences in betweenness-centrality, hub, clustering, and modularity indices. Well-being had more emotional contents within the higher degree nodes. The relationships (family and work) lessened their effect over well-being. Discussion and conclusions: during the pandemic, material resources, quality of the relationships, and the opportunities to prevent risks of contagion having the tranquility as a main guideline were salient for people to achieve health and ultimately, well-being.