An international study on psychological coping during COVID-19: Towards a meaning-centered coping style

Nikolett Eisenbeck; David F. Carreno; Paul T.P. Wong; Joshua A. Hicks; Ruíz Ruano García María; Jorge L. Puga; James Greville; Ines Testoni; Gianmarco Biancalani; Ana Carla Cepeda López; Sofía Villareal; Violeta Enea; Christian Schulz-Quach; Jonas Jansen; Maria Jose Sanchez-Ruiz; Murat Yıldırım; Gökmen Arslan; José Fernando A. Cruz; Rui Manuel Sofia; Maria José Ferreira; Farzana Ashraf; Grażyna Wąsowicz; Shahinaz M. Shalaby; Reham A. Amer; Hadda Yousfi; John Bosco Chika Chukwuorji; Valeschka M. Guerra; Sandeep Singh; Samantha Heintzelman; Bonar Hutapea; Bouchara Béjaoui; Arobindu Dash; Karoly Kornel Schlosser; Malin K. Anniko; Martin Rossa; Hattaphan Wongcharee; Andreja Avsec; Gaja Zager Kocjan; Tina Kavčič; Dmitry A. Leontiev; Olga Taranenko; Elena Rasskazova; Elizabeth Maher; José Manuel García-Montes

doi:10.1016/j.ijchp.2021.100256

An international study on psychological coping during COVID-19: Towards a meaning-centered coping style

Nikolett Eisenbeck, David F. Carreno, Paul T.P. Wong, Joshua A. Hicks, Ruíz Ruano García María, Jorge L. Puga, James Greville, Ines Testoni, Gianmarco Biancalani, Ana Carla Cepeda López, Sofía Villareal, Violeta Enea, Christian Schulz-Quach, Jonas Jansen, Maria Jose Sanchez-Ruiz, Murat Yıldırım, Gökmen Arslan, José Fernando A. Cruz, Rui Manuel Sofia, Maria José FerreiraFarzana Ashraf, Grażyna Wąsowicz, Shahinaz M. Shalaby, Reham A. Amer, Hadda Yousfi, John Bosco Chika Chukwuorji, Valeschka M. Guerra, Sandeep Singh, Samantha Heintzelman, Bonar Hutapea, Bouchara Béjaoui, Arobindu Dash, Karoly Kornel Schlosser, Malin K. Anniko, Martin Rossa, Hattaphan Wongcharee, Andreja Avsec, Gaja Zager Kocjan, Tina Kavčič, Dmitry A. Leontiev, Olga Taranenko, Elena Rasskazova, Elizabeth Maher, José Manuel García-Montes

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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.

Original language	English
Article number	100256
Journal	International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology
Volume	22
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijchp.2021.100256
State	Published - 1 Jan 2022
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

COVID-19
Distress
Ex post facto study
Meaning-centered coping scale
Well-being

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Clinical Psychology

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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., ... García-Montes, J. M. (2022). An international study on psychological coping during COVID-19: Towards a meaning-centered coping style. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, 22(1), Article 100256. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijchp.2021.100256

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An international study on psychological coping during COVID-19: Towards a meaning-centered coping style

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