Coping With Governmental Restrictions: The Relationship Between Stay-at-Home Orders, Resilience, and Functional, Social, Mental, Physical, and Financial Well-Being.

ABSTRACT: The coronavirus outbreak has led to abrupt changes in people's daily lives as many state governments have restricted individuals' movements in order to slow the spread of the virus. We conducted a natural experiment in the United States of America in April 2020, in which we compare responses from states with "stay-at-home orders" (3 states) and no such orders (6 states). We surveyed 458 participants (55.6% female, age range 25-64, M _age = 36.5) and examined the effects of these government-imposed restrictions on social, mental, physical, and financial well-being as well as the mediating role of resilience. Structural equation modeling reveals that resilience buffers stay-at-home orders' potential side-effects on well-being. Specifically, individuals living in states with

SUBMITTER: Barrett AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7838344 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature