September 16, 2025Current PsychologyOpen Access

What factors contributed to mental well-being trajectories during the COVID-19 pandemic? A latent growth and multiple predictor analysis among German adults from 2015 to 2021

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Latent growth analysis shows changing mental well-being trajectories during COVID-19, indicating importance of altruism and trust.

Approximately 20% of adults maintained life satisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic, showing a crucial stability class.
Using data from 12,260 participants, multinomial regression identified altruism and trust as key factors for mental well-being.
Analysis employed group-based trajectory modeling to categorize individuals into stable, growing, or deteriorating mental well-being classes.
Findings underscore the necessity for health communication strategies focusing on protective factors like altruism during societal crises.

Kausmann et al. (2025) studied this question.

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