20.500.12556/RUL-142193 Coping styles mediate the association between psychological inflexibility and psychological functioning during the COVID-19 pandemic a crucial role of meaning-centered coping People’s psychological response to the COVID-19 pandemic is significantly affected by their psychological inflexibility. One possible mechanism explaining the association between psychological inflexibility and psychological functioning concerns coping styles. While avoidance and approach coping styles were previously found to mediate this association, the mediating role of meaning-centered coping has not yet been explored. However, meaning-centered coping it is likely to be crucial in circumstances as uncertain as those at the onset of the COVID -19 pandemic. This study explored the mediating role of the three coping styles in the relationship of psychological inflexibility with ill-being and well-being. Slovenian adults (N = 1365) aged 18–81 years provided self-reports on the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire, the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale, the PERMA Profiler, the Brief COPE Inventory, and the MeaningCentered Coping Scale. In the context of the highly stressful beginning of the pandemic, psychological inflexibility contributed to higher ill-being and lower well-being directly and through increased use of avoidance coping, decreased use of meaning-centered coping, and, to a lesser extent, decreased use of approach coping. Avoidance coping predicted higher levels of ill-being, suggesting a maladaptive effect of this coping strategy. Approach coping positively but weakly predicted well-being, indicating a diminished value of this coping style in low-controllable circumstances of the pandemic. Finally, meaning-centered coping appeared to be the most beneficial in such circumstances, as it was associated with both lower levels of ill-being and higher levels of well-being. This finding suggests that meaning-centered coping should be studied as a stand-alone strategy, rather than as a combination of specific approach coping strategies. Consistent with previous research, this study demonstrates the importance of psychological inflexibility in effectively adapting to and actively coping with aversive situations. Furthermore, the results suggest that seeking or making meaning is vital, at least in a context characterized by low levels of control and high levels of uncertainty. pandemics epidemics coronavirus COVID-19 well being stress coping behavior coping style 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 Acceptance and action questionnaire AAQ II psychological inflexibility mediation well-being ill-being coping meaning-centered coping pandemije epidemije koronavirus COVID-19 blagostanje stres spoprijemanje stili spoprijemanja psihologija smisel duševna stiska Lestvica k smislu usmerjenega spoprijemanja MCCS Vprašalnik depresivnosti anksioznosti in stresa DASS-21 Vprašalnik spoprijemanja s stresom - kratka verzija COPE Vprašalnik PERMA Vprašalnik sprejemanja in akcije AAQ II true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2022-10-24 13:01:35 2022-10-24 13:01:44 2023-01-21 03:44:32 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2022 0 0 Str. 201-209 Vol. 26 2022 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 159.944.4:616-036.22 2212-1455 10.1016/j.jcbs.2022.10.001 126439427 Avsec_Coping_styles_mediate_the_association_between_psychological_inflexibility_and_psychological_functioning_during_the_COVID-19_pandemic.pdf Avsec_Coping_styles_mediate_the_association_between_psychological_inflexibility_and_psychological_functioning_during_the_COVID-19_pandemic.pdf 1 DE640B58E91C71ABA105D3492B50BEA6 8147df65853fe586eeeabae7e3f58a1d48f2b7edd9b96287661d756971bb08a6 f377ef9c-538b-11ed-9c94-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=163479 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212144722000953 0 2f8832f2-538b-11ed-9c94-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=163478 Filozofska fakulteta Zdravstvena fakulteta 0 0 0