AUTHOR=Ren Jiaju , Zhu Yanbo , He Yuan , Zhao Xinyuan , Pang Guoming , Long Liqun , Zhang Qian 

TITLE=Association of self-leadership and epidemic risk perception on quality of life in post-pandemic mainland of China: a cross-sectional study

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Public Health

VOLUME=Volume 12 - 2024

YEAR=2024

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1394416

DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2024.1394416

ISSN=2296-2565

ABSTRACT=Background: Self-leadership has proven to adjust individual psychological states and promote active behaviors to mitigate stress perception and negative lifestyle. This study aims to investigate the relationship between self-leadership, epidemic risk perception, and quality of life among the general public in post-pandemic mainland China.: Two online self-reported questionnaire surveys were carried out with 3098 and 469 people in the Chinese mainland in February 2021 and December 2022, respectively. The univariate analysis, structural equation modeling, and fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis were used to analyse the data which was collected by Revised Self-Leadership Questionnaire, Perceived Risk of COVID-19 Pandemic Scale and World Health Organization Quality of Life Brief Scale.Results: The Self-leadership was directly, moderately, and positively correlated with quality of life (Standardized path cofficients: 0.383 and 0.491 respectively; p<0.05), and epidemic risk perception was negatively correlated with quality of life (Standardized path: 0.068 and 0.120, respectively; p<0.05). The structural equation model for self-leadership, epidemic risk perception, and quality of life had a good fit (CFI=0.957, 0.939>0.9; RSMEA=0.058, 0.064<0.08, respectively) and was consistent across genders, educational levels, and types of occupations (Delata-CFI<0.01). The core condition for achieving a high quality of life lies in maintaining a low level of self-punishment and a high level of self-cueing or a high level of self-punishment and a low level of self-cueing.In the post-epidemic era, the public can adjust their attitude towards stress by enhancing their self-leadership skills. Among various self-leadership skills, self-punishment 3 or self-cueing may have the most significant impact on the quality of life.