Appraisal and coping predict health and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: An international approach
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Appraisal and coping predict health and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: An international approach. / Kirby, Leslie D.; Qian, Weiqiang; Adiguzel, Zafer et al.
In: International Journal of Psychology, Vol. 57, No. 1, 01.02.2022, p. 49-62.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Appraisal and coping predict health and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: An international approach
AU - Kirby, Leslie D.
AU - Qian, Weiqiang
AU - Adiguzel, Zafer
AU - Jahanshahi, Asghar Afshar
AU - Bakracheva, Margarita
AU - Ballestas, Maria C. Orejarena
AU - Cruz, Jose Fernando A.
AU - Dash, Arobindu
AU - Dias, Claudia
AU - Ferreira, Maria J.
AU - Goosen, Johanna G.
AU - Kamble, Shanmukh, V
AU - Mihaylov, Nikolay L.
AU - Pan, Fada
AU - Sofia, Rui
AU - Stallen, Mirre
AU - Tamir, Maya
AU - van Dijk, Wilco W.
AU - Vitterso, Joar
AU - Smith, Craig A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2021 International Union of Psychological Science.
PY - 2022/2/1
Y1 - 2022/2/1
N2 - COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on people worldwide. We conducted an international survey (n = 3646) examining the degree to which people's appraisals and coping activities around the pandemic predicted their health and well-being. We obtained subsamples from 12 countries—Bangladesh, Bulgaria, China, Colombia, India, Israel, the Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Portugal, Turkey and the United States. For each, we assessed appraisals and coping strategies as well as indicators of physical and mental health and well-being. Results indicated that, despite mean-level societal differences in outcomes, the pattern of appraisals and coping strategies predicting health and well-being was consistent across countries. Use of disengagement coping (particularly behavioural disengagement and self-isolation) was associated with relatively negative outcomes. In contrast, optimistic appraisals (particularly of high accommodation-focused coping potential and the ability to meet one's physical needs), use of problem-focused coping strategies (especially problem-solving) and accommodative coping strategies (especially positive reappraisal and self-encouragement) were associated with relatively positive outcomes. Our study highlights the critical importance of considering accommodative coping in stress and coping research. It also provides important information on how people have been dealing with the pandemic, the predictors of well-being under pandemic conditions and the generality of such relations.
AB - COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on people worldwide. We conducted an international survey (n = 3646) examining the degree to which people's appraisals and coping activities around the pandemic predicted their health and well-being. We obtained subsamples from 12 countries—Bangladesh, Bulgaria, China, Colombia, India, Israel, the Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Portugal, Turkey and the United States. For each, we assessed appraisals and coping strategies as well as indicators of physical and mental health and well-being. Results indicated that, despite mean-level societal differences in outcomes, the pattern of appraisals and coping strategies predicting health and well-being was consistent across countries. Use of disengagement coping (particularly behavioural disengagement and self-isolation) was associated with relatively negative outcomes. In contrast, optimistic appraisals (particularly of high accommodation-focused coping potential and the ability to meet one's physical needs), use of problem-focused coping strategies (especially problem-solving) and accommodative coping strategies (especially positive reappraisal and self-encouragement) were associated with relatively positive outcomes. Our study highlights the critical importance of considering accommodative coping in stress and coping research. It also provides important information on how people have been dealing with the pandemic, the predictors of well-being under pandemic conditions and the generality of such relations.
KW - COVID-19
KW - Pandemic
KW - International
KW - Appraisal theory
KW - Coping
KW - Health
KW - Well-being
KW - Management studies
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85117021972&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/30ee5010-578c-3d47-a9d2-e62bd9baa593/
U2 - 10.1002/ijop.12770
DO - 10.1002/ijop.12770
M3 - Journal articles
C2 - 34189731
VL - 57
SP - 49
EP - 62
JO - International Journal of Psychology
JF - International Journal of Psychology
SN - 0020-7594
IS - 1
ER -