Coping with coronavirus disease 2019: Relationships between coping strategies, benefit finding and well-being.

ABSTRACT: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused both physical and psychological changes in the general public. The current study aimed to examine the relationship between well-being and coping strategies in response to the pandemic. Furthermore, we aimed to investigate the mediational role of benefit finding. A total of 521 participants aged 18-65 years were recruited from 29 regions of mainland China. Situation-specific coping strategies, including support seeking, personal hygiene practice and social distancing, were measured at Time 1. Benefit finding and well-being were assessed 1 month later. A multilevel mediation model was conducted with region included in level 2 as cluster ID. Support seeking and personal hygiene practice were positive predictors of benefit finding, wh

SUBMITTER: Miao M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8237076 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature