An international study on psychological coping during COVID-19
towards a meaning-centered coping style
Abstract
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.
Keywords
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;pandemics;epidemics;coronavirus;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;
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| Language: | English |
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| Year of publishing: | 2021 |
| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
| Organization: | UL FF - Faculty of Arts |
| UDC: | 159.944.4:616-036.22 |
| COBISS: |
70678531
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| ISSN: | 2174-0852 |
| Views: | 361 |
| Downloads: | 26 |
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| Secondary title: | Estudio internacional sobre afrontamiento psicológico durante el COVID-19 |
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| Secondary keywords: | 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; |
| Pages: | 14 str. |
| Volume: | ǂVol. ǂ22 |
| Issue: | ǂiss. ǂ1 |
| Chronology: | 2021 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijchp.2021.100256 |
| ID: | 13271628 |
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