Mental health of Scandinavians during the first lockdown in the COVID‐19 pandemic: Psychosocial resources and coping strategies as protective or risk factors for anxiety and depression: Psychosocial resources and coping strategies as protective or risk factors for anxiety and depression
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| Titel: | Mental health of Scandinavians during the first lockdown in the COVID‐19 pandemic: Psychosocial resources and coping strategies as protective or risk factors for anxiety and depression: Psychosocial resources and coping strategies as protective or risk factors for anxiety and depression |
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| Autoren: | Heidi F. Pedersen, Tobias K. Stripp, Niels C. Hvidt, Tor‐Arne Isene, Peter la Cour, Gry Stålsett, Lars J. Danbolt |
| Quelle: | Pedersen, H F, Stripp, T K, Hvidt, N C, Isene, T-A, la Cour, P, Stålsett, G & Danbolt, L J 2023, 'Mental health of Scandinavians during the first lockdown in the COVID-19 pandemic : Psychosocial resources and coping strategies as protective or risk factors for anxiety and depression', Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, vol. 64, no. 5, pp. 543-551. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.12911 |
| Verlagsinformationen: | Wiley, 2023. |
| Publikationsjahr: | 2023 |
| Schlagwörter: | Depression/epidemiology, protective resources, Anxiety, coping strategies, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Mental Health/statistics & numerical data, Risk Factors, Adaptation, Psychological, Humans, Adaptation, Pandemics, Scandinavians and Nordic People, Depression, COVID-19, health, Communicable Disease Control/statistics & numerical data, Protective Factors, 3. Good health, Quarantine/psychology, Scandinavians and Nordic People/psychology, Mental Health, first lockdown, Communicable Disease Control, Quarantine, Psychological, Female, Anxiety/epidemiology |
| Beschreibung: | BackgroundThe COVID‐19 pandemic was a global health and economic crisis. In the early phase of the pandemic, studies found that populations were reporting lower levels of mental well‐being and high levels of distress and worry. This study investigated potential protective and risk factors such as sociodemographics and psychological factors such as adaptation/coping.MethodsTwo convenience samples from Norway and Denmark were recruited during the early phase of the first lockdown in May 2020 using snowball sampling primarily by social media. Measures included the Patient Health Questionnaire‐4 (PHQ‐4) for screening anxiety and depression, COVID‐19 distress, and coping strategies applied during the lockdown. Descriptive analyses were applied as well as bivariate correlations for associations between coping and mental health measures.ResultsLevels of anxiety and depression were not alarmingly high, but being young, single, and female constituted a higher risk for poorer mental health. Applying positive reframing strategies was negatively associated with poor mental health and high COVID‐19 stress, whereas distraction coping strategies were positively correlated with poor mental health and high COVID‐19 stress.ConclusionApplying positive reframing as a coping strategy may constitute a protective factor for mental health in the early phase of a crisis such as a pandemic. This knowledge may inform public health agencies on how to promote mental health in similar situations in the future. However, longitudinal and qualitative studies are needed to investigate the long‐term effects of the different coping strategies applied. |
| Publikationsart: | Article |
| Dateibeschreibung: | application/pdf |
| Sprache: | English |
| ISSN: | 1467-9450 0036-5564 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/sjop.12911 |
| Zugangs-URL: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36871196 https://pure.au.dk/portal/en/publications/c59c4341-02b0-43cc-91d3-4e5e9568f56c https://portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/da/publications/7f40e69d-539e-4907-a8bd-eaf0aa55dfbd https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.12911 https://pure.au.dk/portal/en/publications/c59c4341-02b0-43cc-91d3-4e5e9568f56c https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.12911 https://pure.au.dk/ws/files/401301544/Scandinavian_J_Psychology_-_2023_-_Pedersen_-_Mental_health_of_Scandinavians_during_the_first_lockdown_in_the_COVID_19.pdf |
| Rights: | CC BY NC ND |
| Dokumentencode: | edsair.doi.dedup.....f285555d11048cd2986d81538ebaa19e |
| Datenbank: | OpenAIRE |
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Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstract: | BackgroundThe COVID‐19 pandemic was a global health and economic crisis. In the early phase of the pandemic, studies found that populations were reporting lower levels of mental well‐being and high levels of distress and worry. This study investigated potential protective and risk factors such as sociodemographics and psychological factors such as adaptation/coping.MethodsTwo convenience samples from Norway and Denmark were recruited during the early phase of the first lockdown in May 2020 using snowball sampling primarily by social media. Measures included the Patient Health Questionnaire‐4 (PHQ‐4) for screening anxiety and depression, COVID‐19 distress, and coping strategies applied during the lockdown. Descriptive analyses were applied as well as bivariate correlations for associations between coping and mental health measures.ResultsLevels of anxiety and depression were not alarmingly high, but being young, single, and female constituted a higher risk for poorer mental health. Applying positive reframing strategies was negatively associated with poor mental health and high COVID‐19 stress, whereas distraction coping strategies were positively correlated with poor mental health and high COVID‐19 stress.ConclusionApplying positive reframing as a coping strategy may constitute a protective factor for mental health in the early phase of a crisis such as a pandemic. This knowledge may inform public health agencies on how to promote mental health in similar situations in the future. However, longitudinal and qualitative studies are needed to investigate the long‐term effects of the different coping strategies applied. |
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| ISSN: | 14679450 00365564 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/sjop.12911 |