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COVID-19 stress and cognitive failures in daily life: A multilevel examination of within- and between-persons patterns

Published:2023-01 Issue: Volume:17 Page:
ISSN:1834-4909
Container-title:Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology
language:en
Short-container-title:Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology

Author:

Majeed Nadyanna M.¹²^ORCID,Kasturiratna K. T. A. Sandeeshwara²^ORCID,Li Ming Yao²,Chia Jonathan L.²^ORCID,Lua Verity Y. Q.²³,Hartanto Andree²

Affiliation:

1. National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

2. Singapore Management University, Singapore, Singapore

3. Stanford University, Stanford, California

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed an extremely high number of lives worldwide, causing widespread panic and stress. The current research examined whether COVID-19 stress was associated with everyday cognitive failures, using data from a seven-day daily diary study of 253 young adults in Singapore. Multilevel modeling revealed that COVID-19 stress was significantly associated with cognitive failures even after adjusting for demographic factors, both at the within-person and between-persons levels. Specifically, individuals experienced more cognitive failures on days they experienced more COVID-19 stress (as compared to their own average levels of COVID-19 stress), and individuals who experienced more COVID-19 stress overall (as compared to individuals who experienced less COVID-19 stress overall) experienced more cognitive failures in general. While a large body of work has evidenced the detrimental effects of COVID-19 stress on individuals’ well-being, the current findings provide novel insights that these stressors may negatively impact individuals’ cognitive functioning as well.

Funder

Singapore Management University

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

General Psychology,General Social Sciences

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/18344909231208119

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