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Article

Quality of Life and Job Loss during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Mediation by Hopelessness and Moderation by Trait Emotional Intelligence

by
Federica Andrei
1,*,
Giacomo Mancini
2,
Francesca Agostini
1,
Maria Stella Epifanio
3,
Marco Andrea Piombo
1,
Martina Riolo
3,
Vittoria Spicuzza
3,
Erica Neri
1,
Rosa Lo Baido
4,
Sabina La Grutta
3 and
Elena Trombini
1
1
Department of Psychology “Renzo Canestrari”, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, 40127 Bologna, Italy
2
Department of Education Studies “Giovanni Maria Bertin”, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
3
Department of Psychology, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy
4
Department of Biomedicine, Neuroscience and Advanced Diagnostics (Bi.N.D.), University of Palermo, 90129 Palermo, Italy
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(5), 2756; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19052756
Submission received: 14 February 2022 / Accepted: 22 February 2022 / Published: 27 February 2022
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Abstract

This study contributes to the knowledge on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic by examining a moderated mediation model in which the impact of job loss over quality of life (QoL) is mediated by hopelessness and moderated by trait emotional intelligence (trait EI). Data were collected from a large nationally representative Italian sample of adult workers (N = 1610), who completed a series of anonymous online questionnaires. Total, direct and indirect effects were estimated through bootstrapped mediated moderation analyses providing 95% bias corrected bootstrap confidence intervals. After controlling for the effects of gender and age range, job loss was found to be negatively associated with QoL, and hopelessness partially mediated such relationship. These relationships were in turn moderated by trait EI. Our study suggests that trait EI levels act as protective factor for a good QoL, mitigating the impact of both job loss and hopelessness over QoL levels during the COVID-19 pandemic. Identifying psychological protective and/or risk factors for a better QoL is crucial for the development of interventions aimed at reducing the emotional impact of the pandemic and of its negative real-life consequences.
Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic; quality of life; trait emotional intelligence; hopelessness; job loss; TEIQue; WHOQOL; BHS COVID-19 pandemic; quality of life; trait emotional intelligence; hopelessness; job loss; TEIQue; WHOQOL; BHS

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Andrei, F.; Mancini, G.; Agostini, F.; Epifanio, M.S.; Piombo, M.A.; Riolo, M.; Spicuzza, V.; Neri, E.; Lo Baido, R.; La Grutta, S.; et al. Quality of Life and Job Loss during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Mediation by Hopelessness and Moderation by Trait Emotional Intelligence. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 2756. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19052756

AMA Style

Andrei F, Mancini G, Agostini F, Epifanio MS, Piombo MA, Riolo M, Spicuzza V, Neri E, Lo Baido R, La Grutta S, et al. Quality of Life and Job Loss during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Mediation by Hopelessness and Moderation by Trait Emotional Intelligence. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(5):2756. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19052756

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Andrei, Federica, Giacomo Mancini, Francesca Agostini, Maria Stella Epifanio, Marco Andrea Piombo, Martina Riolo, Vittoria Spicuzza, Erica Neri, Rosa Lo Baido, Sabina La Grutta, and et al. 2022. "Quality of Life and Job Loss during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Mediation by Hopelessness and Moderation by Trait Emotional Intelligence" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 5: 2756. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19052756

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Andrei, F., Mancini, G., Agostini, F., Epifanio, M. S., Piombo, M. A., Riolo, M., Spicuzza, V., Neri, E., Lo Baido, R., La Grutta, S., & Trombini, E. (2022). Quality of Life and Job Loss during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Mediation by Hopelessness and Moderation by Trait Emotional Intelligence. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(5), 2756. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19052756

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