Social Support and Psychological Capital Mediate the Effect of Personalities on the Mental Health of Professional Staff in China During COVID-19 Pandemic

Yongcheng Yao,1,2 Jie Tang,3 Zhenzhen Li,1 Shuyan Chen,1 Haixia Du,1 Lingeng Lu4 1School of Mathematics and Statistics, Zhengzhou Normal University, Zhengzhou, Henan, People’s Republic of China; 2WorldPop, School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK; 3Library, Zhengzhou University of Technology, Zhengzhou, Henan, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USACorrespondence: Yongcheng Yao, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Zhengzhou Normal University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450044, People’s Republic of China, Email [email protected]: COVID-19-related lockdown can lead to mental health problem, which displays heterogeneous between individuals. The aim of this study was to explore the association between mental health, social support and psychological capital state of professional staff with different personalities during the COVID-19 pandemic in China.Methods: A cross-section study was conducted via online survey using the questionnaires of General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12), Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS), Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ), Eysenck Personality Questionnaire-Revision Short Scale of China (EPQ-RSC). A total of 626 employees were included. Multiple regression analysis was performed to investigate the association of psychological capital, perceived social support, EPQ-N and EPQ-E and their interactions in general mental health.Results: About 2.7% of professionals had mental health. The married had a higher mental health score than the single (P