Contextual influences on Italian university students during the COVID-19 lockdown: Emotional responses, coping strategies and resilience

María, Laura; Piccoli, Norma De; Cardinali, Paola; Rollero, Chiara; Marzana, Daniela; Arcidiacono, Caterina; Guidi, Elisa; Esposito, Ciro; Novara, Caterina; Fedi, Angela; Marta, Elena; Guazzini, Andrea; Meringolo, Patrizia; Monaci, Maria Grazia; Agueli, Barbara; Procentese, Fortuna; Napoli, Immacolata Di

doi:10.1285/i24212113v7i1p71

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“…The emerged relationship is consistent with the existing literature considering personal resilience as an effective mechanism for overcoming adverse situations with positive outcomes (Fergus & Zimmerman, 2005 ) – such as personal growth. Moreover, with specific reference to the ongoing pandemic, it corroborates recent research showing significant relationships between personal resilience and the ability to cope with it (Giovannini et al, 2020 ; Lenzo et al, 2020 ; Migliorini et al, 2021 ). However, building on this, the lack of relationship between personal resilience and COVID‐19‐related concerns for one's safety and health rather represents an unexpected result.…”

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confidence: 86%

“…COVID‐19 pandemic and the measures adopted to contain the spread of the virus had huge psychological repercussions in terms of both self‐concerns for the harmful consequences of the pandemic and perceived opportunities for personal growth due to the unforeseen and unprecedented lockdown experience (e.g., Asmundson et al, 2021 ; Gattino et al, 2022 ; Migliorini et al, 2021 ; Pancani et al, 2021 ; Procentese, Esposito, et al, 2021 ; Salari et al, 2020 ; Tamiolaki & Kalaitzaki, 2020 ; Torales et al, 2020 ; Varga et al, 2021 ; Vindegaard & Benros, 2020 ). However, although lockdown measures were enforced in almost every region of the world, their impact over individuals and their psychological responses was heterogeneous (Prati & Mancini, 2021 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…They brought about several psychological consequences, among which anxiety and depression stemmed (Pancani, Marinucci, Aureli, & Riva, 2021 ; Salari et al, 2020 ; Vindegaard & Benros, 2020 ), along with more pessimistic future perspectives and concerns for current circumstances and for the opportunities for personal growth (Procentese et al, 2021 ; Procentese, Gatti, & Ceglie, 2021 ; Torales, O'Higgins, Castaldelli‐Maia, & Ventriglio, 2020 ; Varga et al, 2021 ). However, some positive and adaptive reactions aimed at coping with these needed restrictions emerged too (Asmundson, Paluszek, & Taylor, 2021 ; Gattino et al, 2022 ; Migliorini et al, 2021 ; Procentese, Esposito, et al, 2021 ; Tamiolaki & Kalaitzaki, 2020 ), suggesting that COVID‐19 pandemic could have also led to post‐traumatic personal growth (e.g., Jenkins et al, 2021 ; Ulset & von Soest, 2022 ), which consists in positive psychological changes in the face of traumatic experiences (Tedeschi & Calhoun, 2004 ). Indeed, during the enforcement of stay‐at‐home orders individuals endeavoured to self‐distract, to engage in new activities and hobbies, and to make the most out of that unforeseen experience by relying on their own assets (e.g., Gaboardi et al, 2022 ; Procentese, Esposito, et al, 2021 ) as well as on community‐related ones (e.g., Gattino et al, 2022 ; Migliorini et al, 2021 ; Procentese, Capone, Caso, Donizzetti, & Gatti, 2020 ).…”

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The selective effect of lockdown experience on citizens' perspectives: A multilevel, multiple informant approach to personal and community resilience during COVID‐19 pandemic

Procentese

Gatti

Rochira

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Community & Applied Soc Psy

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In the face of the first wave of COVID‐19 contagion, citizens all over the world experienced concerns for their safety and health, as well as prolonged lockdowns – which brought about limitations but also unforeseen opportunities for personal growth. Broad variability in these psychological responses to such unprecedented experiences emerged. This study addresses this variability by investigating the role of personal and community resilience. Personal resilience, collective resilience, community disaster management ability, provided information by local authorities, and citizens' focus on COVID‐19‐related personal concerns and lockdown‐related opportunities for personal growth were detected through an online questionnaire. Multilevel modelling was run with data from 3,745 Italian citizens. The potential of personal resilience as a driver for individuals to overcome adverse situations with positive outcomes was confirmed. Differently, the components of community resilience showed more complex paths, highlighting the need to pay more attention to its role in the face of far‐reaching adverse events which hardly test individuals' as well as communities' adaptability and agency skills. The complexities linked to the multi‐component and system‐specific nature of resilience, as well as potential paths towards making the most out of citizens' and communities' ones, emerge. The theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

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The selective effect of lockdown experience on citizens' perspectives: A multilevel, multiple informant approach to personal and community resilience during COVID‐19 pandemic

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Gatti

Rochira

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“…The impacts of these changes, particularly quarantine, on mental health have been readily documented across many countries, populations, and events, highlighting that pandemic-related stress and social isolation present significant risks to psychological wellbeing (e.g., Badr et al, 2020;Dawell et al, 2020;Migliorini et al, 2021;Saladino et al, 2020;Xiong et al, 2020). More than two in five adults in the United States reported symptoms consistent with anxiety and/or depression, a figure that has more than doubled since the pandemic began (Panchal et al, 2021).…”

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The potential of psychological connectedness: Mitigating the impacts of COVID‐19 through sense of community and community resilience

Mannarini

Rizzo

Brodsky

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Journal Community Psychology

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The purpose of this study was to identify patterns of relationships connecting sense of community (SOC) and community resilience with psychological wellbeing, via the mediation of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) impacts on life domains. Survey data were collected from an international sample of adults (n = 824) during the COVID‐19 outbreak (June–September 2020). Using a structural equation model, we tested a mediation model to identify the associations between SOC and community resilience with the perceived impacts of the emergency situation and with psychological wellbeing. Results revealed that SOC mitigated the impacts of COVID‐19 on multiple life domains, and it was also positively associated with wellbeing. Community resilience was correlated with SOC and wellbeing but showed no significant relationship with COVID‐19 impacts. The findings support that SOC has a protective function and can contribute to mitigating the impacts of difficult life situations. SOC can also be leveraged as an intervention aimed at protecting the wellbeing of people and communities, particularly in times of crisiss

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“…Given this lack of results, the authors developed a top-down process (Gregory, 1990) to define an exploratory search question based on the discipline’s main focuses according to the table of contents presented by the most significant community psychology manuals edited in the UK (Kagan et al, 2011), the US (Kloos et al, 2012), and Italy (Arcidiacono et al, 2021), in addition to being guided by the APA Handbook of Community Psychology (Bond et al, 2017). These words were further matched with codes that emerged in bottom-up studies of Italian community psychology scholars conducted during the first Italian COVID-19 lockdown between March 7 and May 4, 2020 (Di Napoli et al, 2021; Marzana et al, 2021; Migliorini et al, 2021).…”

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Well-Being and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Esposito

Napoli

Agueli

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European Psychologist

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Abstract. The purpose of this systematic review is to analyze the COVID-19 pandemic’s effects through the lens of community psychology. Our study applied PRISMA methodology, and it was carried out using the PsycInfo, PubMed, Embase, and EBSCO databases utilizing the keywords “connectedness,” “resilience,” “shared action,” “social action,” “trust,” “individual well-being,” and “social well-being.” We selected 12 of 216 eligible publications based on the inclusion criteria. The results indicated that the role of trust in institutions and others is a protective factor for communities that experience crises, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, developing social actions promoted connections and social support and that, in the absence of in-person communication, online communication promoted connections and reduced psychological distress and isolation. Finally, the study revealed that some psychosocial factors stem from declines in people’s well-being due to the pandemic and subsequent lockdowns. Furthermore, our findings highlighted the role of technology as a positive communication tool for promoting connectedness and social support, as well as the social function of trust in institutions. Our results suggested that community interactions at the local and virtual levels should be viewed as positive actions to support institutions in detecting the most effective social intervention measures to stimulate individual and community well-being during the pandemic. These findings may serve as a guide for health policymakers in their efforts to face the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic supporting beneficial strategies for social planning and effective public policies. Finally, both the strengths and limitations of the research will be discussed in depth.

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Contextual influences on Italian university students during the COVID-19 lockdown: Emotional responses, coping strategies and resilience

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The selective effect of lockdown experience on citizens' perspectives: A multilevel, multiple informant approach to personal and community resilience during COVID‐19 pandemic

The selective effect of lockdown experience on citizens' perspectives: A multilevel, multiple informant approach to personal and community resilience during COVID‐19 pandemic

The potential of psychological connectedness: Mitigating the impacts of COVID‐19 through sense of community and community resilience

Well-Being and the COVID-19 Pandemic

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