Dealing with the challenges of the pandemic - results of a population-based survey during the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic contrasting benefits and burden.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The pandemic and the associated consequences have been ongoing stressors with severe impacts on the population and particularly on families. Research focusing on groups dealing well with the challenges of the pandemic is scarce. Here, we aimed to identify groups being well-adjusted during the pandemic and associated predictors.

Methods

A representative sample of the German population (N = 2,515, 51.6% women, 50.09 years), and a subsample of persons with children or adolescents under the age of 18 (N = 453, 60.3% women, 40.08 years) was assessed from July to October 2021. As huge differences in coping with the pandemic are seen, cluster analysis was performed.

Results

Persons in the "well-adjusted cluster" were characterized by higher quality of life, better

SUBMITTER: Geprags A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11264980 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature