Perceived stress, emotion regulation and quality of life during the Covid-19 outbreak: A multi-cultural online survey

Khodami, Mohammad Ahsan; Seif, Mohammad Hassan; Koochakzadeh, Roghayeh Sadat; Fathi, Reza; Kaur, Harleen

doi:10.1016/j.amp.2021.02.005

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“…The present results are consistent with previous research performed during the COVID-19 pandemic. A recent multi-cultural study showed that self-reported quality of life decreased over time, while perceived stress level and difficulty with emotion regulation increased significantly during the coronavirus pandemic [24]. Significant changes in stress and life satisfaction were found during the pandemic in various longitudinal studies [32][33][34][35][36].…”

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“…Studies from various regions of the world indicate that about 50% of people have experienced high stress levels during the coronavirus pandemic [65][66][67][68]. Khodami [24] found that younger people and individuals with a low quality of life were more likely to experience higher stress levels and more significant emotion regulation problems. With increasing quarantine time, quality of life decreased, and perceived stress and emotion regulation problems increased.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Changes in Stress, Coping Styles, and Life Satisfaction between the First and Second Waves of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Cross-Lagged Study in a Sample of University Students

Rogowska

Kuśnierz

Ochnik

2021

JCM

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In this study, we aimed to explain the interplay mechanism between stress, life satisfaction, and coping styles among university students. A cohort study was performed during the first (wave 1; W1) and second (wave 2; W2) waves of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The total sample included 231 university students, of which 59.31% were women. The Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), and Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS) were included in one online survey. Stress, emotion-oriented, and avoidance-oriented coping styles increased from W1 to W2 of the COVID-19 pandemic, while life satisfaction and task-oriented coping decreased. The partial mediation effect of all three coping styles during W1 and W2 (in a cross-sectional approach) on the relationship between perceived stress and life satisfaction was confirmed in this study. The task-oriented and avoidance-oriented coping styles can play a mediating role in the reciprocal relationship between life satisfaction and perceived stress during W1 and W2 of the pandemic. There were no mutual interactions between stress and life satisfaction from a longitudinal approach. Coping styles changed subsequently due to stressful environmental changes related to lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic. Having a wide range of coping strategies from which to choose during an unstable situation should help manage stress and well-being.

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Changes in Stress, Coping Styles, and Life Satisfaction between the First and Second Waves of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Cross-Lagged Study in a Sample of University Students

Rogowska

Kuśnierz

Ochnik

2021

JCM

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“…Since the onset of the pandemic, an important number of studies on its psychological impacts has been published. A majority of those assessed its emotional impacts and showed that, in general, individuals experience a decrease in their quality of life ( Bao, Sun, Meng, Shi, & Lu, 2020 ; Khodami, Seif, Koochakzadeh, Fathi, & Kaur, 2021 ; Porcelli, 2020 ). To summarize main results, Rajkumar ( 2020 ) performed a meta-analysis and showed that mental health during the current pandemic is characterized by increases in anxiety, fear, stress, depression, and sleep disturbances.…”

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“…The use of adaptive emotion regulation strategies (e.g., acceptance, positive reappraisal) has been linked to higher levels of quality of life and well-being, while the use of non-adaptive ones (e.g., worry/rumination, self-blame) has been related to lower levels of quality of life and well-being ( Balzarotti, Biassoni, Villani, & Velotti, 2016 ; Garnefski & Kraaij, 2007 ). While some studies confirmed the relationship between emotion regulation strategies and quality of life during the COVID-19 pandemic (e.g., Dubey, Podder, & Pandey, 2020 ; Khodami et al, 2021 ), modifications in the use of emotion regulation strategies since the pandemic have not yet been investigated. Consequently, it seems of interest to compare the use of emotion regulation strategies in general to the use of these strategies in the specific pandemic context to investigate their potential evolution when facing such adverse situations.…”

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COVID-19 and Its Lockdown in Belgium: How Limited Access to Environmental Satisfaction Impacts Emotions?

Wagener

Stassart

Étienne

2022

Psychologica Belgica

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The COVID-19 pandemic has been shown to induce several psychological consequences (e.g., increases in anxiety and stress). Accordingly, it seems relevant to investigate how individuals cope with their emotions. Indeed, when facing negative emotions, individuals need to rely on adaptive emotion regulation strategies to alleviate their negative impacts (e.g., decrease in quality of life, increase in sleep disturbances). Moreover, lockdown’s measures led to a restriction of the access to activities which, in turn, might have decreased the “environmental satisfaction”. Then, this research investigates the pandemic’s psychological impacts on emotions and regulation strategies, intolerance of uncertainty, and environmental satisfaction. Our approach’s originality relies on comparing one’s actual psychological functioning (i.e., since the pandemic) to one’s general psychological functioning (i.e., before the pandemic). This study also assesses the relationships between both negative and positive emotions and (1) emotion regulation strategies, (2) intolerance of uncertainty and, (3) environmental satisfaction since the pandemic and its lockdown. The total sample comprised 948 adults from the general population. Results show that, since the pandemic, individuals experience higher levels of negative emotions, lower levels of positive emotions and environmental satisfaction. They also tend to worry less and to resort to acceptance more often. Also, environmental satisfaction is the most important predictor of both negative emotions and positive ones. Overall, findings confirm previous ones and seem to indicate that environmental satisfaction should be addressed more thoroughly.

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“…In a study with a large scope putting forward this negative effect, Al Dhaheri et al (2021) 2021) emphasized that the level of quality of life of all individuals, especially of women, young adults, and unemployed individuals, was affected negatively from this process and showed a decrease. The effect of the COVID-19 on the quality of life of individuals was examined in Africa, North America, Asia, Australia, Europe, and South Africa, and the negative effect of the COVID-19 on the quality of life of individuals was found as high in this study with a comprehensive scope, regardless of the area lived (Khodami et al, 2021). Similar to the findings of this study, studies both in Turkey and in other parts of the world put forward that the quality of life of individuals got affected negatively in the restrictions process of the COVID-19 pandemic.…”

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The Relationship between Physical Activity and Quality of life during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case of Female and Male Physical Education Teachers

Özcan

Saraç

2021

Pamukkale Journal of Sport Sciences

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The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between the physical education teachers’ leisure-time physical activity levels during the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact level of the COVID-19 pandemic on their quality of life. A total of 155 physical education teachers, with an average age of 42.39, participated in the research. To collect data, the Leisure-Time Physical Activity Questionnaire and the COVID-19 Impact on Quality of Life Scale were used in the study. The results obtained in the research showed that the mean score of COVID-19 impact on teachers’ quality of life is 3.30 (minimum 1; maximum 5). This score on the scale showed that the COVID-19 pandemic negatively affected the quality of life of teachers, above the average. The research findings showed that there was statistically no significant difference between the leisure-time physical activity levels of male and female physical education teachers and the level of impact of COVID-19 on teachers’ quality of life. It was also found that there was a negative significant relationship between teachers’ leisure-time physical activity level during the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact level of COVID-19 on the teachers’ quality of life and that as the teachers’ leisure-time physical activity level increases, the negative impact of COVID-19 on their quality of life decreases. As a result, in this study, the associated role of physical activity in reducing the effects of factors that negatively affect the quality of life of individuals, including the COVID-19 pandemic, was revealed.

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Perceived stress, emotion regulation and quality of life during the Covid-19 outbreak: A multi-cultural online survey

Cited by 37 publications

References 16 publications

Changes in Stress, Coping Styles, and Life Satisfaction between the First and Second Waves of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Cross-Lagged Study in a Sample of University Students

Changes in Stress, Coping Styles, and Life Satisfaction between the First and Second Waves of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Cross-Lagged Study in a Sample of University Students

COVID-19 and Its Lockdown in Belgium: How Limited Access to Environmental Satisfaction Impacts Emotions?

The Relationship between Physical Activity and Quality of life during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case of Female and Male Physical Education Teachers

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