An international study on psychological coping during COVID-19 : towards a meaning-centered coping style
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2021
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Elsevier B.V.
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Background/Objective: This study examined the role of different psychological coping mechanisms in mental and physical health during the initial phases of the COVID-19 crisis with an emphasis on meaning-centered coping. Method: A total of 11,227 people from 30 countries across all continents participated in the study and completed measures of psychological distress (depression, stress, and anxiety), loneliness, well-being, and physical health, together with measures of problem-focused and emotion-focused coping, and a measure called the Meaning-centered Coping Scale (MCCS) that was developed in the present study. Validation analyses of the MCCS were performed in all countries, and data were assessed by multilevel modeling (MLM). Results: The MCCS showed a robust one-factor structure in 30 countries with good test-retest, concurrent and divergent validity results. MLM analyses showed mixed results regarding emotion and problem-focused coping strategies. However, the MCCS was the strongest positive predictor of physical and mental health among all coping strategies, independently of demographic characteristics and country-level variables. Conclusions: The findings suggest that the MCCS is a valid measure to assess meaning-centered coping. The results also call for policies promoting effective coping to mitigate collective suffering during the pandemic.
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PSICOLOGIA, COPING, MCCS, COVID-19, BEM-ESTAR, PSYCHOLOGY, COPING, MCCS, COVID-19, WELL-BEING
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Eisenbeck, N, Carreno, D F, Wong, P T P, Hicks, J A, María, R R G, Puga, J L, Greville, J, Testoni, I, Biancalani, G, López, A C C, Villareal, S, Enea, V, Schulz-Quach, C, Jansen, J, Sanchez-Ruiz, M J, Yıldırım, M, Arslan, G, Cruz, J F A, Sofia, R M, Ferreira, M J, Ashraf, F, Wąsowicz, G, Shalaby, S M, Amer, R A, Yousfi, H, Chukwuorji, J B C, Guerra, V M, Singh, S, Heintzelman, S, Hutapea, B, Béjaoui, B, Dash, A, Schlosser, K K, Anniko, M K, Rossa, M, Wongcharee, H, Avsec, A, Kocjan, G Z, Kavčič, T, Leontiev, D A, Taranenko, O, Rasskazova, E, Maher, E & García-Montes, J M 2021, 'An international study on psychological coping during COVID-19 : towards a meaning-centered coping style', International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, vol. 22, no. 1, 100256. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijchp.2021.100256