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Emotional experiences and psychological well-being in 51 countries during the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic presents challenges to psychological well-being, but how can we predict when people suffer or cope during sustained stress? Here, we test the prediction that specific types of momentary emotional experiences are differently linked to psychological well-being during the pandemic. Study 1 used survey data collected from 24,221 participants in 51 countries during the COVID-19 outbreak. We show that, across countries, wellbeing is linked to individuals’ recent emotional experiences, including calm, hope, anxiety, loneliness, and sadness. Consistent results are found in two age, sex, and ethnicity-representative samples in the United Kingdom (n = 971) and the United States (n = 961) with preregistered analyses (Study 2). A prospective 30-day daily diary study conducted in the United Kingdom (n = 110) confirms the key role of these five emotions and demonstrates that emotional experiences precede changes in well-being (Study 3). Our findings highlight differential relationships between specific types of momentary emotional experiences and well-being and point to the cultivation of calm and hope as candidate routes for well-being interventions during periods of sustained stress
Emotional experiences and psychological well-being in 51 countries during the covid-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic presents challenges to psychological well-being, but how can we predict when people suffer or cope during sustained stress? Here, we test the prediction that specific types of momentary emotional experiences are differently linked to psychological well-being during the pandemic. Study 1 used survey data collected
from 24,221 participants in 51 countries during the COVID-19 outbreak. We show that, across countries, well-being is linked to individuals’ recent emotional experiences, including calm, hope, anxiety, loneliness, and sadness.
Consistent results are found in two age, sex, and ethnicity-representative samples in the United Kingdom (n = 971)
and the United States (n = 961) with preregistered analyses (Study 2). A prospective 30-day daily diary study conducted in the United Kingdom (n = 110) confirms the key role of these five emotions and demonstrates that emotional experiences precede changes in well-being (Study 3). Our findings highlight differential relationships
between specific types of momentary emotional experiences and well-being and point to the cultivation of calm
and hope as candidate routes for well-being interventions during periods of sustained stress
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The context, purpose, and dissemination of legendary genealogies in northern England and Iceland c. 1120 – c. 1241
The thesis is a comparative and multidisciplinary study of legendary genealogies in the
historical writing of northern England and Iceland c. 1120 – c. 1241. Historical writing was
produced in abundance over this period in both areas and the frequent contact between
England and Scandinavia, as well as shared use of early medieval insular sources make
them especially suitable for comparison. The Viking invasions and settlement in England
had a significant impact on English culture, language and literature and changed attitudes
to their own legendary past. The Danish conquest of England in the early eleventh-century
also brought the insular and Scandinavian worlds closer together, and even after the
Norman Conquest in 1066, England and Scandinavia engaged in scholarly and textual
exchange The theoretical framework for the thesis combines approaches from religious
history, art history, political history, literature history and gender history. The main
research questions of the thesis consider the dissemination, development, and purpose of
legendary genealogies. The sources are a collection of Durham related manuscripts with
illuminations of the pagan god Woden (c. 1120–88) in two historical works De Primo
Saxonum Aduentu and De Gestis Regum; Genealogia Regum Anglorum (Rievaulx,
1153x54) by Aelred of Rievaulx; two works attributed to Snorri Sturluson’s Prose Edda
(Iceland, 1220s) and Heimskringla (Iceland, 1225x35). Common to the sources is the
inclusion of genealogies that stretch from legendary generations to living individuals at the
time of writing. Thus, genealogies connected dynasties and civilisations in mutual descent
from pagan, Trojan and biblical ancestors. By analysing textual dissemination as well as
political contexts, literary patronage and mechanisms in legitimisation of power, the thesis
address amalgamations of origin myths, the use and significance euhemerised pagan gods,
and female generations in genealogies
Emotional experiences and psychological wellbeing in 51 countries during the COVID-19 pandemic
Momentary emotional experiences constitute a key ingredient of psychological wellbeing. Here, we examine the role of emotional experiences for wellbeing during the prolonged stress of the COVID-19 pandemic. Study 1 compared the relative importance of emotional experiences for wellbeing before versus during the pandemic using pre-registered analyses with representative samples. Negative emotional experiences were more detrimental and positive emotional experiences less protective for wellbeing during the pandemic. Study 2 examined the role of specific emotional experiences for wellbeing during the pandemic using survey data from 24,221 participants in 51 countries. Momentary feelings of calm, hope, anxiety, loneliness, and sadness were, across countries, central to wellbeing. These results were replicated in pre-registered studies with representative samples and in a diary study. These findings highlight the particular role of momentary emotional experiences for wellbeing during prolonged stress, and point to specific types of momentary emotional experiences as prime candidates for wellbeing interventions