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Curiosity for information predicts wellbeing mediated by loneliness during COVID-19 pandemic
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Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic confronted humans with high uncertainty and lockdowns, which severely disrupted people's daily social and health lifestyles, enhanced loneliness, and reduced well-being. Curiosity and information-seeking are central to behavior, fostering well-being and adaptation in changing e... mehr
The COVID-19 pandemic confronted humans with high uncertainty and lockdowns, which severely disrupted people's daily social and health lifestyles, enhanced loneliness, and reduced well-being. Curiosity and information-seeking are central to behavior, fostering well-being and adaptation in changing environments. They may be particularly important to maintain well-being during the pandemic. Here, we investigated which motives drive information-seeking, and whether and how curiosity and information-seeking related to well-being and mood (excitement, anxiety). Additionally, we tested whether daily diet contributed to this relationship during lockdown. Participants (N = 183) completed questionnaires measuring curiosity, information-seeking, social and mental health. Using a smartphone app, participants submitted their daily food intake and lifestyle ratings for a week. We found participants had highest motivation to seek positive (vs. negative) information, concerning themselves more than others. Both trait curiosity and information-seeking predicted higher well-being, mediated by loneliness. Trait curiosity also predicted well-being and excitement days later. Considering diet, participants with lower trait curiosity ate food containing more tyrosine (i.e., dopamine precursor). Furthermore, participants consuming food high in sugar reported higher anxiety, which was specifically found in participants with relatively low, but not high, trait curiosity. Taken together, curiosity and information-seeking may benefit well-being and mood in high uncertain and challenging times, by interacting with lifestyle measures (loneliness and nutrition).... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Emotionalität; Verhalten; Ernährung; soziales Verhalten; Stress; Resilienz; Infektionskrankheit; Epidemie; Gesundheitsverhalten; Einsamkeit; Wohlbefinden; Informationsgewinnung
Klassifikation
Sozialpsychologie
Medizin, Sozialmedizin
Freie Schlagwörter
Corona; Covid-19; Corona-Virus; ZIS 146
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2022
Seitenangabe
S. 1-12
Zeitschriftentitel
Scientific Reports, 12 (2022)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-11924-z
ISSN
https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/78933
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)