Surviving the COVID-19 pandemic: An examination of adaptive coping strategies.

ABSTRACT: The mental health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic have been significant in Australia. The aim of this study was to investigate coping strategies that individuals have adopted to assist them through this stressful period. Survey data collected in September and December 2020 as part of a larger study (the COLLATE project) were analysed. The number of adaptive coping strategies endorsed by respondents had a significant negative relationship with depression and a significant positive relationship with resilience. Females tended to use more of these strategies than men, as did people who said their mental health had improved rather than deteriorated because of the COVID-19 restrictions imposed by government. Specific adaptive coping strategies differed for those with and without a mental

SUBMITTER: Meyer D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9121638 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature