Typologies of coping in young adults in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

Shigeto, Aya; Laxman, Daniel J.; Landy, Justin F.; Scheier, Lawrence M.

doi:10.1080/00221309.2021.1874864

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“…Combined with uncertainty as a pandemic-related stressor, loss of control emerges as highly relevant for well-being research during COVID-19 as well (e.g., Chen & Bonanno, 2020;Shigemura et al, 2020). For instance, the perceived uncontrollability of the pandemic relates to both flexible coping and resilience (Shigeto et al, 2021).…”

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“…In times of extraordinary strain, such as the pandemic, resilience may be the key to handling stressors and minimising their impact (Bonanno, 2020). However, not everyone possesses such resources, leading to individual differences (Chen & Bonanno, 2020;Shigeto et al, 2021). For instance, more resilient medical students perceived less stress (Pollak et al, 2020).…”

Section: Students' Resilience In Pandemic Timesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Kiltz et al. (under review) Caught Between Relief and Unease: How University Students’ Well-Being Relates to Their Learning Environment During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Netherlands

Kiltz¹,

Fokkens-Bruinsma²,

Jansen³

2022

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Previous literature shows that university students are particularly vulnerable to psychological ill-being. Also throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, stressors ranging from uncertainty to disruption of social lives have influenced their well-being. Resilience as a psychological resource could help students deal with such crises. Furthermore, students’ learning environment can substantially determine their well-being and resilience, by satisfying their basic psychological needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness. The present study aims to longitudinally investigate students’ well-being and resilience in relation to their learning environment. To this end, we interviewed six participants, of which two were university students, two university teachers, one study advisor, and one student psychologist. With a longitudinal interview study with four dates of measurement, spanning the pre- to mid-COVID-19 pandemic period, we gathered commentary about the evolution of student well-being, resilience factors, and the effects of the learning environment. To analyse the interview data, we used thematic inductive and deductive coding. The participants confirmed the postulated stressors, but also positive consequences for student well-being, including resilience growth. Interviewees also reported a variety of resilience factors, both within the individual (e.g. social support) and within academia (e.g., impaired student–teacher relationship, diminished sense of belonging). Furthermore, the interview data indicate changes in teaching related to students’ needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness, which in turn have consequences for learning and engagement, including challenges, opportunities, and positive outcomes. These findings, connecting the learning environment to student well-being and resilience, may help reshape academic systems for the post-pandemic future.

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Section: Students' Resilience In Pandemic Timesmentioning

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Kiltz et al. (under review) Caught Between Relief and Unease: How University Students’ Well-Being Relates to Their Learning Environment During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Netherlands

Kiltz¹,

Fokkens-Bruinsma²,

Jansen³

2022

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“…Participants were recruited using two methods: Amazon’s Mechanical Turk (MTurk) labor pool (i.e., an online platform where participants can complete simple tasks such as surveys in exchange for monetary compensation) and snowball sampling through University colleagues and research assistants. Regardless of recruitment method, all participants were screened to ensure that they were between the ages of 18 and 35 (details on the recruitment and screening procedures are presented in [ 41 ]). The project was approved by the University Institutional Review Board (IRB) at the first author’s institution, and carried out in accordance with the ethical guidelines of the American Psychological Association.…”

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“…The survey employed a randomized three-form planned missingness design [ 43 , 44 ] to keep the length of the survey manageable. Each participant responded to either 71 or 73 items, approximately two-thirds of the total number of items (for more detail, see [ 41 ]).…”

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Typologies of stress appraisal and problem-focused coping: associations with compliance with public health recommendations during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Background Given prior research finding that young adults are less likely to engage in recommended public health behaviors (PHBs) than older adults, understanding who is and is not likely to engage in PHBs among young adults is crucial to mitigating the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing on the Transactional Theory of Stress and Coping, this study examined how typologies of stress appraisal (SA) and problem-focused coping (PFC) among young adults were associated with compliance with public health recommendations during the pandemic. Methods An online sample of young adults in the United States, ages 18–35, was recruited during the early phase of the pandemic (April–May 2020). Participants reported their appraisals of how central, threatening, and uncontrollable the pandemic was, their tendencies to engage in instrumental, problem-focused coping strategies, and how frequently they engaged in three recommended PHBs (social distancing, mask wearing, and hand washing). Results Using latent class analysis, we identified three classes of individuals: Low-SA/Low-PFC, Low-SA/High-PFC, and High-SA/High-PFC. Demographics did not efficiently distinguish membership in the three classes. The former two classes reported less compliance with public health recommendations than did the latter class. Tests of measurement invariance for gender indicated trivial differences in the composition of class membership and relations to compliance. Conclusions This research uncovered three qualitatively distinct classes of people who differed in their appraisal of the pandemic and their tendency to engage in PFC. Individuals who view the pandemic as central and threatening and engage in problem-focused coping were more likely than their peers to comply with guidelines recommending social distancing, mask wearing, and hand washing. These results contribute to our understanding of why people do and do not comply with public health guidelines and highlight the importance of attending to psychological variables in public health research. Understanding what drives poor compliance with public health recommendations can contribute to efforts promoting better compliance, and ultimately better health outcomes.

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“…Although previous findings imply a key role of flexibility in successful coping with trauma, which is informative for identifying potential predictors for coping with the COVID-19 pandemic, and the widely held belief that flexibility is particularly critical for coping with multidimensional long-term stressors, only few studies have examined how flexibility may influence coping with the COVID-19 pandemic. First studies investigating the impact of trauma-related regulatory flexibility (Cheng et al, 2021;Jordan et al, 2021;Shigeto et al, 2021) and cognitive flexibility (Kalia et al, 2020;Seiter & Curran, 2021) on responses to the COVID-19 pandemic revealed that low flexibility is linked to more negative responses.…”

Section: Coping With Covid-19mentioning

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Adapting to Crisis: A Binational Study on the Impact of Flexibility on Latent Profiles of Coping with COVID-19

Hemi¹,

Sopp²,

Schäfer³

et al. 2021

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Introduction. The high level of uncertainty brought by the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the general population’s well-being and ability to cope with daily challenges. Studies indicate that flexibility, defined as the ability to employ and adapt a variety of emotional, cognitive, and behavioral strategies in accordance with changing contextual demands, may significantly contribute to coping with long-term stressors such as COVID-19. Objectives. We aimed to investigate which facets of flexibility predict different latent coping profiles in Israel and Germany. Methods. 2330 Israelis and 743 Germans completed online questionnaires measuring cognitive, emotional and trauma-related regulatory flexibility, and cognitive, emotional, and behavioral coping with COVID-19. Results. Analyses revealed three distinct coping profiles in each country (high, medium and low). These profiles differed in both anxiety and depression symptoms with the low coping group experiencing clinically relevant symptoms both in Israel and in Germany. Additionally, cognitive flexibility and trauma-related regulatory flexibility, but not emotion regulatory flexibility, emerged as significant predictors of coping in both countries. Conclusions. Training cognitive and trauma-related regulatory flexibility may help individuals to better cope with psychosocial stressors such as COVID-19. Such trainings could be selectively administered to less flexible subpopulations, as well as adapted to the specific population characteristics.

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Typologies of coping in young adults in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

Cited by 26 publications

References 90 publications

Kiltz et al. (under review) Caught Between Relief and Unease: How University Students’ Well-Being Relates to Their Learning Environment During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Netherlands

Kiltz et al. (under review) Caught Between Relief and Unease: How University Students’ Well-Being Relates to Their Learning Environment During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Netherlands

Typologies of stress appraisal and problem-focused coping: associations with compliance with public health recommendations during the COVID-19 pandemic

Adapting to Crisis: A Binational Study on the Impact of Flexibility on Latent Profiles of Coping with COVID-19

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