Religious coping, general coping strategies, perceived social support, PTSD symptoms, resilience, and posttraumatic growth among survivors of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti

Mesidor, Jean Kesnold; Sly, Kaye

doi:10.1080/13674676.2019.1580254

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“…The link between experiencing COVID-19 infection and the extent of PTG experience indicates that growth may take place not as a direct result of trauma, but a result of the individual's attempt to adapt to the new post-traumatic reality, as highlighted by Tedeschi et al (1998). Our findings are congruent with those of other studies (Lelorain et al, 2010;Rajandram et al, 2011;Mesidor and Sly, 2019) suggesting that high scores on adaptive coping strategies is associated with better ability to cope with stressful situations and higher scores on PTG. Coping strategies appear to be influencing factors in well-being (Freire et al, 2016), resilience (Craparo et al, 2018) and post-traumatic growth (as highlighted in this study), which should be further investigated in a tailored study, based on specific events.…”

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The Impact of Coping Skills in Post-traumatic Growth of Healthcare Providers: When Mental Health Is Deteriorating Due to COVID-19 Pandemic

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Background: Frontline healthcare providers are consistently exposed to potentially traumatic events while assisting patients with COVID-19. Post-traumatic growth (PTG) happens when a person can transform trauma and use adversity in one’s advantage. In response to limited studies on positive outcomes that may occur from the pandemic; this study aimed to elucidate the positive impact of coping with COVID-19 outbreak on mental health, such as PTG.Methodology: The study comprised a sample of 691 healthcare providers 59% female, including physicians (n = 138) and nurses (n = 550), working in public health facilities in Kosovo, with an average age of 41.6 years (SD = 10.79). They were asked to complete a questionnaire with four parts: Socio-demographic, GHQ-28, COPE and PTGI. A deterioration of mental health with somatic symptoms leading to the escalation due to COVID-19 outbreak was found.Results: Female healthcare providers reported more clinical symptoms as well as higher coping skills scores than men. The domains in which positive changes were most frequently observed were Relating to Others, New Possibilities and Personal Strength. There was no significant direct effect of mental health on PTG in the mediation model, though a significant indirect effect was observed for coping skills.Conclusion: The results suggest that levels of mental health exacerbation do not play a conclusive role in determining levels of PTG, as long coping mechanisms are in place. The development and implementation of interventions to minimize COVID-19-related mental health consequences, by fostering PTG among healthcare providers could be highly beneficial in pandemic response work.

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The Impact of Coping Skills in Post-traumatic Growth of Healthcare Providers: When Mental Health Is Deteriorating Due to COVID-19 Pandemic

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“…Research conducted by Wild and Paivio (2003) of 193 student participants related to post-traumatic growth (PTG) shows the results that active coping and subjective well-being affect the post-traumatic growth (PTG) subject. Meanwhile, research conducted on 256 people who survived the 2010 Haiti earthquake showed a significant positive correlation between post-traumatic growth (PTG) and active coping (Mesidor and Sly, 2019). This is also in line with Park and Fenster's research on 94 Psychology students who showed the results that both coping strategies and cognitive processes play a role in the occurrence of growth after stressful growth experiences.…”

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The Consequences of COVID-19 Toward Human Growth: The Role of Traumatic Event and Coping Strategies Among Indonesian Sample

Kaloeti

Ardhiani

Stück³

2021

Front. Psychol.

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COVID-19 has brought a massive psychological impact on individuals' life. The current study sets a significant purpose to test the model whether post-traumatic stress and coping strategies affect stress-related growth regarding the COVID-19 event. One hundred and ninety-nine participants have participated in an online survey in the period of lockdown. The proposed hypotheses model is further tested using PLS-SEM. The first model explains a significant moderate, 46% amount of variance for stress-related growth. With gender as moderator, the second model explains a significant 29% amount of variance for stress-related growth, which is also moderate. This study shows that active coping strategies and positive affirmation significantly influence individual stress-related growth. The trauma event (COVID-19) does not significantly affect growth. Women experience trauma compared to men, besides active coping with the COVID-19 situation is higher in men than women. Using the Bio-centric perspective, having a positive connection through acceptance and awareness of the situation, self-care, and affective interaction with others would develop growth regarding traumatic situations. Further, interventions about coping skills and positive affirmations are essential to give, especially to vulnerable groups such as women.

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“…Although in the short-term these strategies may reduce the level of stress, in the long-term they would be incongruent because they do not reinforce con-trol over the situation. In other circumstances, such as natural disasters, the most widely used strategy by those without PTSD is active coping, while passive, religious coping or the use of substances are the prevailing strategies among people with PTSD (Baral & Bhagawati, 2019;Mesidor & Sly, 2019). An incongruence is once again observed between these strategies and control of the situation.…”

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Relationship between coping, anxiety and depression among a Mexican sample during the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic

Hernández¹,

León

Cardoso

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The coping strategies used during the COVID-19 pandemic could explain why certain individuals experience higher levels of anxiety and depression than others. A sample of 747 subjects completed an ad-hoc questionnaire on their habits during the pandemic, the Stress Coping Questionnaire (SCQ) focused on COVID-19; the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). High percentages of the sample recorded moderate and severe levels of anxiety (45.38%) and depression (32.13%), which were higher in women. The regression model explained 30.8% and 33.5% of the variance in anxiety and depression, respectively, with the predictive capacity being greater for women than men. Passive coping strategies made up the regression model, with negative self-targeting having the greatest predictive capacity for both anxiety (R 2 = 0.204) and depression (R 2 = 0.215). The results reveal the need to work on reinforcing the perception of control over the situation, promoting active coping strategies.

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Religious coping, general coping strategies, perceived social support, PTSD symptoms, resilience, and posttraumatic growth among survivors of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti

Cited by 35 publications

References 65 publications

The Impact of Coping Skills in Post-traumatic Growth of Healthcare Providers: When Mental Health Is Deteriorating Due to COVID-19 Pandemic

The Impact of Coping Skills in Post-traumatic Growth of Healthcare Providers: When Mental Health Is Deteriorating Due to COVID-19 Pandemic

The Consequences of COVID-19 Toward Human Growth: The Role of Traumatic Event and Coping Strategies Among Indonesian Sample

Relationship between coping, anxiety and depression among a Mexican sample during the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic

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