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=13

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=<sec><title>Introduction</title><p>To appraise the relationship and mechanism between resilience and self-efficacy in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, we proposed a model to investigate the effect of resilience on self-efficacy and the moderating effect of creativity in this regard.</p></sec><sec><title>Methods</title><p>Scales that measured resilience, creative behavior, and self-efficacy were rated by 881 college students in China to establish the moderating model.</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>The results showed that resilience and self-efficacy of participating college students were positively correlated, which meant that high resilience could predict a high level of self-efficacy. Moderating analysis using the SPSS PROCESS plug-in showed that creativity was an important element of resilience that positively affected self-efficacy and that this moderating effect was more significant in participants with a high degree of creativity.</p></sec><sec><title>Discussion</title><p>These findings can provide a better understanding of the relationship between resilience and self-efficacy in demonstrating the traumatic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescent mental health and academic performance.</p></sec>