AUTHOR=Xu Yanhua , Yang Guang , Yan Chongshan , Li Jiatong , Zhang Jingwei 

TITLE=Predictive effect of resilience on self-efficacy during the COVID-19 pandemic: The moderating role of creativity

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychiatry

VOLUME=Volume 13 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1066759

DOI=10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1066759

ISSN=1664-0640

ABSTRACT=In order to understand the relationship between resilience and self-efficacy and its mechanisms in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, we constructed a moderating model to investigate the effect of resilience on self-efficacy and the moderating effect of creativity. Scales that measured resilience, creative behavior, and self-efficacy were rated by 881 college students in China, and established the moderating model. The results showed that the resilience and self-efficacy of participating college students were positively correlated, which means that a high level of resilience can predict a high level of self-efficacy. Further moderating analysis using the SPSS PROCESS plug-in showed that creativity was an important mechanism of resilience and positively affected self-efficacy, and that this moderating effect was more significant in participants with a high level of creativity. These findings provide more evidence of the relationship between resilience and self-efficacy, and demonstrate the traumatic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescent mental health and academic performance.