An international study on psychological coping during Covid-19towards a meaning-centered coping style

  1. Nikolett Eisenbeck 1
  2. David F. Carreno 2
  3. Paul T.P. Wong 3
  4. Joshua A. Hicks 4
  5. María Ruíz-Ruano García 5
  6. Jorge L. Puga 5
  7. James Greville 6
  8. Ines Testoni 7
  9. Gianmarco Biancalani 7
  10. Ana Carla Cepeda López 8
  11. Sofía Villareal 8
  12. Violeta Enea 9
  13. Christian Schulz-Quach 10
  14. Jonas Jansen 11
  15. Maria-Jose Sanchez-Ruiz 12
  16. Murat Yıldırım 13
  17. Gökmen Arslan 14
  18. José Fernando A. Cruz 15
  19. Rui Manuel Sofia 16
  20. Maria José Ferreira 17
  21. Farzana Ashraf 18
  22. Grażyna Wąsowicz 19
  23. Shahinaz M. Shalaby 20
  24. Reham A. Amer 20
  25. Hadda Yousfi 21
  26. John Bosco Chika Chukwuorji 22
  27. Valeschka M. Guerra 23
  28. Sandeep Singh 24
  29. Samantha Heintzelman 25
  30. Bonar Hutapea 26
  31. Bouchara Béjaoui 27
  32. Arobindu Dash 28
  33. Karoly Kornel Schlosser 29
  34. Malin K. Anniko 30
  35. Martin Rossa 31
  36. Hattaphan Wongcharee 32
  37. Andreja Avsec 33
  38. Gaja Zager Kocjan 33
  39. Tina Kavčič 33
  40. Dmitry A. Leontiev 34
  41. Olga Taranenko 34
  42. Elena Rasskazova 34
  43. Elizabeth Maher 35
  44. José Manuel García-Montes 2
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  1. 1 Universidad de Sevilla, España.
  2. 2 Universidad de Almería
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    Universidad de Almería

    Almería, España

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  3. 3 Meaning-Centered Counselling Institute Inc., Canada
  4. 4 Texas A&M University, USA
  5. 5 Universidad de Granada
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    Universidad de Granada

    Granada, España

    ROR https://ror.org/04njjy449

  6. 6 University of South Wales, United Kingdom
  7. 7 University of Padova, Italy
  8. 8 Universidad de Monterrey, Mexico
  9. 9 Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Romania
  10. 10 University of Toronto, Canada
  11. 11 Rheinland Klinikum Neuss GmbH, Germany
  12. 12 Lebanese American University, Lebanon
  13. 13 Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen University, Turkey
  14. 14 Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Turkey
  15. 15 University of Minho, Portugal
  16. 16 Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo, Portugal
  17. 17 Lusófona University of Oporto, Portugal
  18. 18 COMSATS University, Lahore, Pakistan
  19. 19 Kozminski University, Poland
  20. 20 Tanta University, Egypt
  21. 21 University Of Batna 1, Algeria
  22. 22 University of Nigeria Nsukka, Nigeria
  23. 23 Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Brazil
  24. 24 Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, India
  25. 25 Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, US
  26. 26 Universitas Tarumanagara, Indonesia
  27. 27 Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, France
  28. 28 IUBAT—International University of Business Agriculture and Technology, Bangladesh
  29. 29 Goldsmith, University of London, UK
  30. 30 Örebro University, Sweden
  31. 31 Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany
  32. 32 Pathumwan Institute of Technology, Thailand
  33. 33 University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
  34. 34 National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia
  35. 35 New Zealand Acceptance & Commitment Therapy Training Ltd., New Zealand
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Revista:
International journal of clinical and health psychology

ISSN: 1697-2600

Año de publicación: 2022

Volumen: 22

Número: 1

Páginas: 11-20

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.1016/J.IJCHP.2021.100256 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: International journal of clinical and health psychology

Resumen

Antecedentes/Objetivo Este estudio examinó el papel de diferentes estrategias de afrontamiento psicológico en la salud mental y física durante las fases iniciales de la crisis de COVID-19. Método 11,227 personas de 30 países representando todos los continentes participaron en el estudio y completaron medidas de malestar psicológico (depresión, estrés y ansiedad), soledad, bienestar, salud física, medidas de afrontamiento centrado en el problema y en la emoción, y una medida denominada Escala del Afrontamiento Centrado en el Sentido (MCCS) que fue desarrollada en este estudio. El análisis de validación de la MCCS se realizó en todos los países, y los datos se evaluaron mediante un modelo multinivel. Resultados La MCCS mostró una estructura unifactorial en 30 países con buenos resultados de validez test-retest, concurrente y divergente. Los análisis mostraron resultados mixtos en cuanto a las estrategias de afrontamiento centradas en la emoción y en el problema. La MCCS fue el predictor positivo más fuerte de salud física y mental, independientemente de las características demográficas y las variables a nivel de país. Conclusiones Los resultados sugieren que la MCCS es un insrumento fiable para medir afrontamiento centrado en el sentido. Estos resultados pueden servir para dirigir políticas que promuevan un afrontamiento eficaz con el fin de mitigar el sufrimiento colectivo durante la pandemia

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This study has been funded by the Ministerio de Economía y Competividad through the Research Project PSI2014-58035-R and de Bursary FPU 16/04429 for University Professor Training as part of the first author's thesis (Psychological Doctoral Programme B13 56 1; RD 99/2011).

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