An international study on psychological coping during COVID-19 : towards a meaning-centered coping style

Eisenbeck, Nikolett (avtor), Avsec, Andreja (avtor), Zager Kocjan, Gaja (avtor), Kavčič, Tina (avtor)

Background/Objective: This study examined the role of different psychological coping mechanisms in mental and physical health during the initial phases of the COVID-19 crisis with an emphasis on meaning-centered coping. Method: A total of 11,227 people from 30 countries across all continents participated in the study and completed measures of psychological distress (depression, stress, and anxiety), loneliness, well-being, and physical health, together with measures of problem-focused and emotion-focused coping, and a measure called the Meaning-centered Coping Scale (MCCS) that was developed in the present study. Validation analyses of the MCCS were performed in all countries, and data were assessed by multilevel modeling (MLM). Results: The MCCS showed a robust one-factor structure in 30 countries with good test-retest, concurrent and divergent validity results. MLM analyses showed mixed results regarding emotion and problem-focused coping strategies. However, the MCCS was the strongest positive predictor of physical and mental health among all coping strategies, independently of demographic characteristics and country-level variables. Conclusions: The findings suggest that the MCCS is a valid measure to assess meaning-centered coping. The results also call for policies promoting effective coping to mitigate collective suffering during the pandemic.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: pandemics, epidemics, coronavirus, COVID-19, well-being, stress, coping behavior, psychology, meaning, distress, Meaning-centered coping scale MCCS, Depression, anxiety and stress scale DASS-21, Brief coping orientation to problems experienced - Brief COPE, The PERMA profiler, Ex post facto study
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: FF - Filozofska fakulteta
• Leto izida: 2021
• Št. strani: 14 str.
• Številčenje: Vol. 22, iss. 1
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-129010
• UDK: 159.944.4:616-036.22
• ISSN pri članku: 2174-0852
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijchp.2021.100256
• COBISS.SI-ID: 70678531
• Datum objave v RUL: 23.08.2021

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: International journal of clinical and health psychology
• Skrajšan naslov: Int. j. clin. health psychol.
• Založnik: Asociación Española de Psicología Conductual, Elsevier
• ISSN: 2174-0852
• COBISS.SI-ID: 518824473

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva-Nekomercialno-Brez predelav 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.sl
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• Začetek licenciranja: 14.07.2021

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Španski jezik
• Naslov: Estudio internacional sobre afrontamiento psicológico durante el COVID-19 : hacia un afrontamiento centrado en el sentido
• Ključne besede: pandemije, epidemije, koronavirus, COVID-19, blagostanje, stres, spoprijemanje, psihologija, smisel, duševna stiska, Lestvica k smislu usmerjenega spoprijemanja, Vprašalnik depresivnosti, anksioznosti in stresa DASS-21, Vprašalnik spoprijemanja s stresom - kratka verzija COPE