COVID-19 fear, stress, sleep quality and coping activities during lockdown, and personality traits: A person-centered approach analysis

Ahmed, Oli; Hossain, Kazi Nur; Siddique, Rumana Ferdousi; Jobe, Mary C.

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2021.110873

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“…In line with previous research, a number of known sociodemographic, personality, and health predictors were associated with coping choice during the pandemic (Ahmed et al, 2021;Park et al, 2020). While the current results were generally consistent with previous research, there were some differences.…”

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How did people cope during the COVID-19 pandemic? A Structural Topic Modelling Analysis of Free-Text Data from 11,000 UK Adults

Wright

Fluharty

Steptoe

2021

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Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has had substantial impacts on lives across the globe. Job losses have been widespread, and individuals have experienced significant restrictions on their usual activities, including extended isolation from family and friends. While studies suggest population mental health worsened from before the pandemic, not all individuals appear to have experienced poorer mental health. This raises the question of how people managed to cope during the pandemic. Methods: To understand the coping strategies individuals employed during the COVID-19 pandemic, we used structural topic modelling, a text mining technique, to extract themes from free-text data on coping from over 11,000 UK adults, collected between 14 October and 26 November 2020. Results: We identified 16 topics. The most discussed coping strategy was 'thinking positively' and involved themes of gratefulness and positivity. Other strategies included engaging in activities and hobbies (such as doing DIY, exercising, walking and spending time in nature), keeping routines, and focusing on one day at a time. Some participants reported more avoidant coping strategies, such as drinking alcohol and binge eating. Coping strategies varied by respondent characteristics including age, personality traits and sociodemographic characteristics and some coping strategies, such as engaging in creative activities, were associated with more positive lockdown experiences. Conclusion: A variety of coping strategies were employed by individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic. The coping strategy an individual adopted was related to their overall lockdown experiences. This may be useful for helping individuals prepare for future lockdowns or other events resulting in self-isolation.

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How did people cope during the COVID-19 pandemic? A Structural Topic Modelling Analysis of Free-Text Data from 11,000 UK Adults

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Fluharty

Steptoe

2021

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“…Individuals in the third profile had higher extraversion, higher agreeableness, higher conscientiousness, higher openness, and lower neuroticism. Based on the existing literature [39,52], the first profile can be labeled as 'maladaptive', the second profile as 'adaptive', and the third profile as 'highly adaptive'. Figure 1 shows a comparison among latent profiles in personality traits.…”

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“…However, previous studies have shown that personality dimensions have higher incremental validity than types in cross-sectional studies and that personality types have higher incremental validity than dimensions in longitudinal studies [46][47][48][49]. Ahmed et al [52] also reported similar personality profiles utilizing similar personality assessment tools. Traits' scores for each profile are also almost similar to profiles suggested by Fisher and Robie [73].…”

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confidence: 98%

“…Several studies have used the person-centered approach to predict criminality [50] and prejudice [51]. In a recent study, Ahmed et al [52] utilized this approach to identify individuals who had higher COVID-19 fear, perceived stress, and poor sleep quality. They found that individuals with a maladaptive personality profile (high neuroticism, low extraversion, low agreeableness, low conscientiousness, and low openness) had higher COVID-19 fear, perceived stress, and poor sleep quality compared to those having adap-tive (moderate levels of neuroticism, extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness) and highly adaptive (low neuroticism, high extraversion, high agreeableness, high conscientiousness, and high openness) personality profiles.…”

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Mental Health and Personality Traits during COVID-19 in China: A Latent Profile Analysis

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health problems have increased and are likely to be influenced by personality traits. The present study investigated the association between personality traits and mental health problems (anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD) symptoms, and obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms) through the person-centered approach because this has some advantages over the variable-centered approach. The data were collected from a sample of 765 Chinese citizens who participated in an online survey in October 2020. Latent profile analysis identified three latent personality profiles—highly adaptive, adaptive, and maladaptive. Highly adaptive individuals had higher extroversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, openness, and lower neuroticism, while maladaptive individuals had lower extroversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, openness, and higher neuroticism. Multivariate analysis of variance results showed that individuals with highly adaptive profiles had lower anxiety, depression, and PTSD symptoms compared to individuals with adaptive and maladaptive profiles. The findings of the present study indicate mental health professionals would benefit from formulated intervention plans given the association between latent personality profiles and mental health problems.

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“…Aligned with other findings (e.g., Grubbs, Wright, et al, 2019), some authors have discussed that online pornography was likely used to cope with the stress and anxiety caused by the pandemic, and as a way to meet one's sexual needs (e.g., Gillespie et al, 2021;Mestre-Bach et al, 2020;Pennanen-Iire et al, 2021;Sharma & Subramanyam, 2020). To the extent that coping strategies have been key for well-being and sleep quality during the COVID-19 pandemic (e.g., Ahmed et al, 2021;Cheng et al, 2021;Götmann & Bechtoldt, 2021;Kim et al, 2021), online pornography use might have also played a role in health and well-being during this period.…”

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Solitary and joint online pornography use during the first COVID-19 lockdown in Portugal: Intrapersonal and interpersonal correlates

Rodrigues

2021

Cyberpsychology

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The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic forced several people into social isolation and research has shown a paradoxical effect on people’s sexual functioning. Some people experienced decreases in sexual desire and sexual satisfaction, whereas others experienced heightened sexual desire and made new additions to their sexual repertoire, including more online pornography use, during the lockdown. Yet, studies failed to examine its interpersonal and intrapersonal correlates, distinguish between solitary and joint use, or explore differences between partnered and single people. We examined if changes in solitary or joint online pornography use since the lockdown were associated with sexual functioning, sexual satisfaction, perceived health, and sleep quality. We conducted an online cross-sectional study with convenience sampling in Portugal (N = 303 participants; 56.3% men; Mage = 31.32, SD = 10.55; 71.0% in a relationship) during May and July 2020. Partnered participants who reported increases in solitary online pornography use also reported decreases in their sex life quality. For partnered and single participants, increases in joint online pornography use were associated with increases in sex life quality. Single participants who reported increases in solitary online pornography use also perceived better health and sleep quality, and those who reported increases in joint online pornography use also reported more intimacy with casual partner(s) and better sleep quality. These findings suggest that online pornography might have beens used as a sexual pleasure tool to connect with a stable or casual partner(s) in a time when social interactions were restricted.

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COVID-19 fear, stress, sleep quality and coping activities during lockdown, and personality traits: A person-centered approach analysis

Cited by 55 publications

References 30 publications

How did people cope during the COVID-19 pandemic? A Structural Topic Modelling Analysis of Free-Text Data from 11,000 UK Adults

How did people cope during the COVID-19 pandemic? A Structural Topic Modelling Analysis of Free-Text Data from 11,000 UK Adults

Mental Health and Personality Traits during COVID-19 in China: A Latent Profile Analysis

Solitary and joint online pornography use during the first COVID-19 lockdown in Portugal: Intrapersonal and interpersonal correlates

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