The quality of life, resources, and coping during the first weeks of the COVID‑19 pandemic in people seeking psychological counselling before the pandemic

Chwaszcz, Joanna; Palacz-Chrisidis, Agnieszka; Wiechetek, Michał; Bartczuk, Rafał P.; Wośko, Patrycja; Sławska-Jaroszewska, Patrycja

doi:10.13075/ijomeh.1896.01700

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“…In other words, the role of subjective support should be further analyzed, especially in conjunction with other types of support. Given that the perception of resources may not represent resources actually possessed (Chwaszcz et al, 2021), and people tend to use available resources to cope effectively with difficulties, the constructs of subjective support and objective support were reasonable in the COVID-19 situation. Objective support was further categorized into family support and counselor support to highlight the situational nature of social support in COVID-19 pandemic.…”

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“…The multiple sources of objective support invoked the specific exploration of their roles in the pandemic-related coping system. The study based on Chinese Weibo users revealed that the public were more worried about their families than friends and tended to seek emotional support from their families in the pandemic (Li et al, 2020b), since seeking family support could satisfy emotional needs and thus reduce stress in an emergency (Chwaszcz et al, 2021). Keeping good interpersonal relationships with family members could reduce the anxiety of Spanish university students (Garvey et al, 2021).…”

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“…The unprecedented COVID-19 has stimulated much of research on the mediating role of coping in the relationship of social support and mental system. A COVID-19 related study on individuals who had participated in a psychological support project in Poland found that coping strategies exerted a mediating role both in the association between resource gains and the quality life, and between resource losses and the quality of life, which included the domain of psychological health (Chwaszcz et al, 2021). In specific, resource gain reduced helplessness-based coping, while resource loss increased helplessness which in turn reduced the quality of life.…”

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Relationship between social support, coping strategy against COVID-19, and anxiety among home-quarantined Chinese university students: A path analysis modeling approach

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Tao

2021

Curr Psychol

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With the continued spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and the strict implementation of quarantine policy, the levels of anxiety among university students surged in the lockdown period. Previous studies confirmed the effectiveness of social support in mitigating anxiety, so offering social support should be of high priority in COVID-19, especially in quarantine. However, various coping strategies against the pandemic may explain the link between social support and anxiety. The purpose of this study was to investigate the associations of social support, coping strategy against COVID-19, and anxiety, identifying the potential mediating effect of coping strategy between social support and anxiety during the COVID-19 quarantine. Home-quarantined Chinese university students ( N = 2640; 68.79% female) completed online ratings of social support, coping, and anxiety from February 21st to 24th, 2020, when they had been confined to their homes in the peak of the pandemic. Sex and academic attainment being covariates, path analysis with parallel mediation were conducted using “lavaan” package in R environment. Anxiety was significantly negatively related to subjective support and counselor support, while family support did not demonstrate substantive associations with anxiety. The mediating role of cognitive coping was found between all the three social support sources and anxiety. Emotional coping and behavioral coping were found to partially mediate the relationship between subjective support and anxiety, fully mediate the associations of family support and anxiety. However, the impact of counselor support on anxiety was not found to be mediated by emotional coping and behavioral coping. This large-scale online study provides initial evidence that various coping strategies may mediate the relationship between three sources of social support and anxiety in quarantine to some extent. Given that coping against COVID-19 is a valuable reasearch goal upon the global ongoing challenge, the findings will shed more light on the mechanism in the link between coping, social support, and anxiety.

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Relationship between social support, coping strategy against COVID-19, and anxiety among home-quarantined Chinese university students: A path analysis modeling approach

Peng

Tao

2021

Curr Psychol

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“…Results such as those presented by Lin et al (2020) show that the social cognition constructs with the largest effects on COVID-19 preventive behaviors were coping planning and action planning, both of which are considered instrumental coping strategies. Active and planning coping were associated with a better perceived general health and well-being (Chew et al, 2020), improved mental health (Jarego et al, 2021) higher global quality of life (Chwaszcz et al, 2021) and positive emotional state (Deepa and Manurali, 2021) during pandemic situations such as SARS and COVID-19. Furthermore, planning may also help people cope with lifestyle changes and facilitate compliance with health guidance (Sniehotta, 2009).…”

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Perceived Vulnerability and Severity Predict Adherence to COVID-19 Protection Measures: The Mediating Role of Instrumental Coping

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The COVID-19 disease has caused thousands of deaths worldwide and required the rapid and drastic adoption of various protective measures as main resources in the fight to reduce the spread of the disease. In the present study we aimed to identify socio cognitive factors that may influence adherence to protective measures toward COVID-19 in a Spanish sample. This longitudinal study analyzes the predictive value of perceived severity and vulnerability of infection, self-efficacy, direct exposure to the virus, and instrumental focused coping style for adhering to infection protection behaviors during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic. It also tests sex and age differences in these factors and changes over time. A two-wave longitudinal study (N = 757) was conducted in March and April 2020 starting the day after a strict national lockdown was decreed in Spain. A path analysis was used to test direct and indirect effects between vulnerability and the adherence to protective behaviors. Results suggest that individuals' perceived severity and vulnerability to COVID-19 and instrumental coping strategies are related to the use of more protective behaviors. This coping strategy mediates the effect of perceived vulnerability on engaging in protective behaviors, and this effect depends on direct exposure to COVID-19 and perceived self-efficacy moderators. Results suggest that recognizing one's own abilities to engage in instrumental actions may facilitate adherence to protective measures in people who had not been directly exposed to COVID-19. Therefore, adopting instrumental coping strategies to manage an individual's perceived vulnerability to infection may positively impact the adherence to protective behaviors, especially during the onset of an unexpected threat and when there is no prior direct experience with the situation.

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“…Family coherence can be expected to be a determinant of an individual's quality of life during the pandemic period. Chwaszcz et al, (2021) state that economic, social, psychological, and health shortages in an individual's life in the pandemic may seriously affect quality of life. Similarly, as emphasized above, the pandemic has brought about the restructuring of daily life, especially at the family level, and all family members have experienced the stressful impact of quarantine and/or social distancing on their quality of life.…”

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Quality of Life, Family Climate, and Sense of Family Coherence During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Modeling of Triple-Serial Mediators

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Journal of Family Issues

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This study explored the association of quality of life (QOL) during the pandemic with family climate and family integrity. Participants were 1085 parents from Turkey. According to the findings, the participants’ QOL, which demonstrated their judgments regarding their physical health, mental well-being, social relations, and general happiness, was greatly influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic. Women were seen to have lower perceptions in relatedness in the family and cognitive cohesion than male participants. While there was a positive, but low, association between the variables, there were positive and high correlations between cognitive cohesion and relatedness in the family. When the mediation analyses were evaluated, it was concluded that QOL predicted the sense of family coherence alone, while intergenerational authority influenced other variables. The results highlighted the importance of family climate–based prevention and intervention targeting the promotion of family coherence.

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The quality of life, resources, and coping during the first weeks of the COVID‑19 pandemic in people seeking psychological counselling before the pandemic

Cited by 12 publications

References 18 publications

Relationship between social support, coping strategy against COVID-19, and anxiety among home-quarantined Chinese university students: A path analysis modeling approach

Relationship between social support, coping strategy against COVID-19, and anxiety among home-quarantined Chinese university students: A path analysis modeling approach

Perceived Vulnerability and Severity Predict Adherence to COVID-19 Protection Measures: The Mediating Role of Instrumental Coping

Quality of Life, Family Climate, and Sense of Family Coherence During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Modeling of Triple-Serial Mediators

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