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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Publisher Copyright: © 2021 Asociación Española de Psicología Conductual
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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