PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING AND MEANING MAKING IN MEMORIES OF CHINESE ADULTS FROM THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
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Meaning making often has important implications for psychological well-being in the aftermath of traumatic and stressful events. The global spread of COVID-19 from the early 2020s is a long-term event that has had a negative impact on people's psychological well-being. This study investigated the relationship between psychological well-being and meaning-making in Chinese adults’ memories from the COVID-19 pandemic. 151 Chinese participants completed an online survey, shared a personal and a national event that happened during the pandemic, and completed the Flourishing Scale (FS) as a measurement for psychological well-being. However, there were not many memories in our sample that contained meaning making. Although we found a positive correlation between FS scores and one of the eight meaning making variables we coded, more data and analysis are needed to further prove the relationship. This result might be suggestive of the cultural differences between Chinese and Western meaning making and hence could provide some insights for future studies.