Coping during the COVID-19 pandemic: A mixed methods approach to understand how social factors influence coping ability

Chankasingh, Kyle; Booth, Alan; Albert, Arianne; Kaida, Angela; Smith, Laurie; Racey, C. Sarai; Gottschlich, Anna; Murray, Melanie C. M.; Sadarangani, Manish; Galea, Liisa A.M.; Brotto, Lori A.

doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e10880

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“…Stated differently, PSS did not protect individuals from the dysregulating impact of COVID-19 stress. Since PSS does not significantly alter the relationship between COVID-19 stress and ED, this suggests that other factors, such as coping strategies or personality traits, may be more important in determining how individuals respond to COVID-19 stress and its impact on ED (Al-Omiri et al, 2021 ; Liu et al, 2021 ; Chankasingh et al, 2022 ). In contrast, the risk of depressive symptoms was lower for those with more PSS, even when endorsing higher levels of ED.…”

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The impact of social support and emotion dysregulation on COVID-19 depressive symptoms

Dhruve,

Russo,

Oliveros

2023

Front. Psychol.

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IntroductionStress resulting from the global COVID-19 pandemic has been linked to psychological consequences, such as depressive symptoms, for individuals worldwide. Outbreaks and pandemics are known to accentuate stressors or generate new ones owing to health-related worries, reduced mobility, and social activity due to quarantine, and sudden life changes. Although post-lockdown U.S. research findings suggest a greater risk of depression among 18- to 25-year-olds, familiarity with technology and virtual socializing may offer college students some protective effect, warranting research with such groups.MethodsThe current study thus explored emotion dysregulation (ED) and perceived social support (PSS) as potential mechanisms for the relationship between COVID-19 stress and depressive symptoms among students at a southern university in the United States. Participants (N = 489) completed a cross-sectional survey assessing their current levels of COVID-19 stress, ED, PSS, and depressive symptoms.ResultsPath analysis showed that PSS buffered the effect of ED on depressive symptoms. The results support the explanatory role of ED in the relationship between COVID-19 stress and depressive symptoms.DiscussionThe perceived social connection may be an essential factor for psychological outcomes during periods of stress and isolation, particularly for those reporting high ED.

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The impact of social support and emotion dysregulation on COVID-19 depressive symptoms

Dhruve,

Russo,

Oliveros

2023

Front. Psychol.

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“…A number of studies indicated that the most common mental health issues experienced during the pandemic were stress, fear, anxiety, anger, and denial, which were observed both in children and adult populations [48,49]. In response to such negative emotions and states, individuals tended to adopt a variety of coping mechanisms in order to mitigate psychological stress [50]. In the period of the COVID-19 pandemic, apart from positive coping strategies, including communicating with friends and family, engaging in hobbies or taking up physical activity, some maladaptive strategies, such as substance use, self-blame, and emotional eating were also observed [50][51][52].…”

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“…It is reported that the responses to stress are variable and there are interindividual physiological and behavioral differences in how an organism perceives stress and in the resulting adaptional or maladaptional processes [58]. Moreover, it is even indicated that different individuals may differently react to the same stressor when it comes to the intensity and duration of the reaction [59], which may also induce various coping mechanisms, including emotional eating [50]. Therefore, this may explain why certain adolescents exposed to high stress gain weight, while others do not.…”

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Stress during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Emotional Eating Scale Adapted for Children and Adolescents (EES-C) Results in Girls: Polish Adolescents’ COVID-19 Experience (PLACE-19) Study

Skolmowska,

Głąbska,

Guzek

2023

Nutrients

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Stress related to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic may have caused substantial changes in eating behaviors, and may have been associated with emotional eating, especially in female individuals. The aim of the present study was to analyze the association between stress perceived during the COVID-19 pandemic and emotional eating in girls, within the third phase of the Polish Adolescents’ COVID-19 Experience (PLACE-19) Study. A nationwide sample of 818 Polish female adolescents, aged 15–20, was gathered. The adolescents were recruited to the study based on a random quota sampling procedure. Using a computer-assisted web interview (CAWI) survey, participants filled out the Emotional Eating Scale Adapted for Children and Adolescents (EES-C) to assess the urge to cope with negative emotions by eating, and the Adolescent Stress Questionnaire (ASQ) to assess perceived stress. Additionally, the data concerning body mass, height, as well as body mass change during the COVID-19 pandemic were verified. The groups most susceptible to emotional eating were excessive body mass female adolescents, those who gained weight during the COVID-19 pandemic and those experiencing high stress levels while facing negative emotions. In order to plan effective therapeutic interventions dealing with the issue of emotional eating, both psychological therapy and dietary strategy tailored to the individual should be considered for the indicated susceptible groups.

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Managing boundaries for well-being: a study of work-nonwork balance crafting during the COVID-19 pandemic

Brogle,

Kerksieck,

Bauer

et al. 2024

Curr Psychol

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In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the boundaries between the work and nonwork domain have rapidly blurred, presenting employees with new challenges and potentially heightening interference of the work with the nonwork domain (work-home interference, WHI) and vice versa (home-work interference, HWI). To counteract these interferences, employees can apply work-nonwork balance crafting (WNBC), referring to proactive efforts for balancing both life domains by targeting the permeability of the boundary between them. Employees may focus their crafting on the boundary toward the work domain (WNBC-work) or the non-work domain (WNBC-nonwork), e.g., shielding each domain from negative spillover from the other. This study aims to investigate the longitudinal associations of WNBC with health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic. We hypothesized that individuals who exhibited more such crafting behaviors at the onset of the pandemic would experience higher mental well-being and work engagement at later points in the COVID-19 pandemic, mediated by lower WHI and HWI. We surveyed N = 2,171 German-speaking employees from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland at three time points during 2020. Structural equation model results indicate that only WNBC-work is longitudinally negatively associated with reduced HWI and positively associated with mental well-being and work engagement. Further, in our sample, only HWI is longitudinally associated with lower mental well-being. No indirect effect reaches significance. Our results underline the importance of WNBC in the work domain in the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic. Future research should explore the nature of the direct links between WNBC and mental well-being and work engagement and consider alternative mediating processes, such as gain spirals. Lastly, our study underscores that supporting employees in crafting boundaries for well-being can be crucial, particularly during times of crisis.

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Coping during the COVID-19 pandemic: A mixed methods approach to understand how social factors influence coping ability

Cited by 6 publications

References 34 publications

The impact of social support and emotion dysregulation on COVID-19 depressive symptoms

The impact of social support and emotion dysregulation on COVID-19 depressive symptoms

Stress during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Emotional Eating Scale Adapted for Children and Adolescents (EES-C) Results in Girls: Polish Adolescents’ COVID-19 Experience (PLACE-19) Study

Managing boundaries for well-being: a study of work-nonwork balance crafting during the COVID-19 pandemic

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