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The Relationships between Character Strengths and Subjective Wellbeing: Evidence from Greece under Lockdown during COVID-19 Pandemic

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  • Dimitra Vasileiou

    (Laboratory of Psychology, Section of Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, School of Psychology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece)

  • Despina Moraitou

    (Laboratory of Psychology, Section of Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, School of Psychology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
    Laboratory of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Innovation (CIRI—AUTH), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 57001 Thessaloniki, Greece)

  • Vasileios Papaliagkas

    (Department of Biomedical Sciences, Alexander Campus, International Hellenic University, P.O. Box 141, 57400 Thessaloniki, Greece)

  • Christos Pezirkianidis

    (Lab of Positive Psychology, Department of Psychology, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, 17671 Athens, Greece)

  • Anastasios Stalikas

    (Lab of Positive Psychology, Department of Psychology, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, 17671 Athens, Greece)

  • Georgia Papantoniou

    (Laboratory of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Innovation (CIRI—AUTH), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 57001 Thessaloniki, Greece
    Laboratory of Psychology, Department of Early Childhood Education, School of Education, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece
    Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, University Research Centre of Ioannina (URCI), 45100 Ioannina, Greece)

  • Maria Sofologi

    (Laboratory of Psychology, Department of Early Childhood Education, School of Education, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece
    Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, University Research Centre of Ioannina (URCI), 45100 Ioannina, Greece)

Abstract

COVID-19 was first identified in December 2019. As long as this type of coronavirus was new, the main way for governments to avoid the spread of the infection was enforced quarantine. Besides public health protection, quarantine can have a psychological impact on the residents, with main symptoms being angst, anxiety, depressive, and PTSD symptoms. As it has been found that character strengths can promote subjective wellbeing, the purpose of the study was to examine this relationship under the new situation of quarantine in the Greek population in adults who were in quarantine for at least two weeks. The total sample consisted of 354 participants who were aged 18–72-years-old. A total of 263 participants were women (74.3%), 91 were men (25.7%), and 94.6% of them were highly educated. The sample was a convenience sample. The tools used were PANAS, PERMA and finally VIA-114GR. The data analysis was completed using SPSS software version 26.0 (IBM Corp. Released 2019. IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, Version 26.0. Armonk, NY, USA: IBM Corp) and EQS 6.1 (Multivariate Software Inc.: Encino, CA, USA, 2006). The results showed that love, curiosity, persistence, hope, and zest are strongly associated with subjective wellbeing, even in conditions such as quarantine, and can support specific aspects of it.

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  • Dimitra Vasileiou & Despina Moraitou & Vasileios Papaliagkas & Christos Pezirkianidis & Anastasios Stalikas & Georgia Papantoniou & Maria Sofologi, 2021. "The Relationships between Character Strengths and Subjective Wellbeing: Evidence from Greece under Lockdown during COVID-19 Pandemic," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(20), pages 1-28, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:20:p:10868-:d:657613
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