Minimising Stress Exposure During Pandemics Similar to COVID-19

Buheji, Mohamed; Jahrami, Haitham; Dhahi, Ali

doi:10.5923/j.ijpbs.20201001.02

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“…According to Buheji et al (2020), 'Managing COVID-19 is more than hand washing and social distancing; instead, it is a story between hope and despair' (p. 9). Our wish is that this paper helps people to constructively navigate their way out of despair and bring hope to themselves and others.…”

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“…Certain segments of the population have done the heavy lifting when it comes to the risk of contracting the virus and working under highly pressurized conditions, including healthcare professionals, medical responders (e.g., ambulance drivers) and those in the critical infrastructure workforce (i.e., essential workers). Research on people in these professions/work roles, together with people bereaved by COVID-19 (Eisma et al, 2021), marginalized communities (Warren et al, 2020) and those who have existing mental illness (Asmundson et al, 2020), has shown dramatical elevations in levels of mental illness and PTSD (Buheji et al, 2020;Eisma et al, 2021;Groenewold et al, 2020;Shreffler et al, 2020;Skoda et al, 2020;Vindegaard & Benros, 2020). 2. seven of these studies have been conducted by authors in this paper or are related directly to a section below and are outlined in the coping, self-compassion, gratitude and positive emotions sections below.…”

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Positive psychology in a pandemic: buffering, bolstering, and building mental health

Waters

Algoe²,

Dutton

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The Journal of Positive Psychology

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As the COVID-19 global health disaster continues to unfold across the world, calls have been made to address the associated mental illness public crisis. The current paper seeks to broaden these calls by considering the role that positive psychology factors can play in buffering against mental illness, bolstering mental health during COVID-19 and building positive processes and capacities that may help to strengthen future mental health. The paper explores evidence and applications from nine topics in positive psychology that support people through a pandemic: meaning, coping, selfcompassion, courage, gratitude, character strengths, positive emotions, positive interpersonal processes and high-quality connections. In times of intense crisis, such as COVID-19, it is understandable that research is heavily directed towards addressing the ways in which people are wounded and weakened. However, this need not come at the expense of also investigating the ways in which people are sustained and strengthened.

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Positive psychology in a pandemic: buffering, bolstering, and building mental health

Waters

Algoe²,

Dutton

et al. 2021

The Journal of Positive Psychology

201

146

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“…With the worldwide outbreak of COVID-19, the ensuing pandemic, and the related containment measures, a growing body of research has brought to light the sharp increase in virus-related fears and worries (e.g., Asmundson and Taylor, 2020), mental health problems (see, for reviews, Rajkumar, 2020;Vindegaard and Eriksen Benros, 2020), and social and economic stresses (e.g., Buheji et al, 2020). The COVID-19 crisis left routine coping mechanisms overwhelmed and resulted in feelings of helplessness, lack of control, and loss.…”

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Facing the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Sense of Coherence

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The worldwide outbreak of COVID-19, the ensuing pandemic, and the related containment measures pose considerable challenges to psychological resilience and well-being. Researchers are now forced to look for resources to cope with negative experiences linked to this health emergency. According to the salutogenic approach proposed by Antonovsky, the sense of coherence (SOC) is a major source of resilience. Thus, this study aimed at assessing the role of SOC in moderating the link between illness experiences (in terms of knowing persons diagnosed with COVID-19 and fear of contracting COVID-19) and psychological well-being. 2,784 participants, taken from a large sample of the Italian population (65.4% females) and aged between 18 and 85 years, filled in an anonymous online survey during the 3rd week of the lockdown. Findings supported the moderating role of SOC in shaping the link between illness experiences and psychological well-being. Specifically, participants who knew at least one person diagnosed with COVID-19 showed lower levels of psychological well-being at low levels of SOC. The negative relation between participants' fear of contracting COVID-19 and psychological well-being was stronger for those who showed higher levels of SOC. This study discusses the implications of these results for interventions aimed at reducing the pandemic's detrimental effects and promoting resilience.

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“…Positive emotions have been found to decline in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic (S. . Governments and particularly medical leaders can focus on changing people's minds and thus heightening their psychological resilience levels (Buheji et al, 2020). Busy work schedule and frequent exposure to negative incidents (deaths etc.)…”

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Psychological Resilience of Healthcare Professionals During COVID-19 Pandemic

2020

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The COVID-19 pandemic as a public health issue has spread to the rest of the world. Although the wellbeing and emotional resilience of healthcare professionals are key components of continuing healthcare services during the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare professionals have been observed in this period to experience serious psychological problems and to be at risk in terms of mental health. Therefore, this study aims to probe psychological resilience of healthcare workers. The findings of this study showed that in order to raise psychological resilience of healthcare professionals working during the COVID-19 pandemic their quality of sleep, positive emotions and life satisfaction need to be enhanced. Psychological resilience levels of healthcare workers in their later years were found to be higher. Doctors constitute the group with the lowest levels of psychological resilience among healthcare workers. The current study is considered to have contributed to the literature in this regard. Primary needs such as sleep which are determinants of quality of life, life satisfaction and psychological resilience should be met.

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Minimising Stress Exposure During Pandemics Similar to COVID-19

Cited by 56 publications

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Positive psychology in a pandemic: buffering, bolstering, and building mental health

Positive psychology in a pandemic: buffering, bolstering, and building mental health

Facing the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Sense of Coherence

Psychological Resilience of Healthcare Professionals During COVID-19 Pandemic

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