Cold comfort: Covid-19, lockdown and the coping strategies of fuel poor households

Ambrose, Aimee; Baker, William K.; Sherriff, Graeme; Chambers, Joseph

doi:10.1016/j.egyr.2021.08.175

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“…On the basis of past research, the current authors created a novel measure of psychological wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic to address the current study’s research questions. The novel measure of psychological wellbeing contains 13 areas: (a) lifestyle and daily routines [ 16 ]; (b) general stress level [ 9 ]; (c) general sleep health beyond sleep quality [ 17 ]; (d) emotional health [ 18 ]; (e) physical health [ 19 ]; (f) sexual health [ 20 ]; (g) access to resources [ 21 ] such as food [ 22 ], toilet paper [ 23 ], cleaning supplies [ 24 ], heat [ 25 ], and electricity [ 26 ]; (h) job security [ 27 ]; (i) financial security [ 28 ]; (j) housing stability [ 29 ]; (k) sense of safety [ 30 ]; (l) sense of privacy [ 31 ]; and (m) sense of belonging to a social community [ 32 ]. These factors were selected because prior research has demonstrated their importance in contributing to psychological wellbeing.…”

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Psychological Wellbeing, Worry, and Resilience-Based Coping during COVID-19 in Relation to Sleep Quality

Tousignant

Hopkins

Stark

et al. 2021

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The current study evaluated the impact of psychological wellbeing on sleep quality during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. A novel empirical model tested variables that mediate and moderate this impact. First, a relationship was established between psychological wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic and sleep quality. Second, resilience-based coping associated with the COVID-19 pandemic was tested as a mediator of the impact of psychological wellbeing on sleep quality. Third, dispositional rumination, mindfulness, and worry were compared as moderators of the impact of psychological wellbeing on sleep quality. Fourth, a moderated mediated model was tested for each moderator. Online survey data was collected from 153 adults in the United States. Results demonstrated that coping with the COVID-19 pandemic partially mediated the impact of psychological wellbeing on sleep quality. Worry, but not rumination or mindfulness, moderated the impact. A moderated mediation model failed to demonstrate significance, indicating that the data are best represented by distinct mediation and moderation models. Thus, interventions aimed at improving sleep quality should prioritize concurrent reduction in worry and increase in resilience-based coping strategies. This study provides practical and theoretical contribution to the literature by demonstrating relationships between key variables and contextualizing how the model can be used for assessments and interventions during widespread crises.

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Psychological Wellbeing, Worry, and Resilience-Based Coping during COVID-19 in Relation to Sleep Quality

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Hopkins

Stark

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“…Beyond these determinants, the literature strongly emphasises the role of climate change and clean energy spending [21,27]. In this context, Hesselman et al [26] noted that COVID-19 has resulted in a lack of attention on the part of governments in supporting renewables. And as they add, the right to access renewable energy sources is now one of the basic rights of households.…”

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“…However, it is worth adding that energy poverty is not only associated with a lack of possibility to use energy services or a negative impact on household budgets in the form of high spending on energy carriers, but it also causes other side effects, including poor health, reading difficulties [10,29,63], and reduced earning opportunities [10]. Additionally, as indicated by the experience of households during the COVID-19 pandemic, people experiencing energy poverty in general reveal problems with access to free outdoor spaces or limited access to such spaces due to energy poverty [26].…”

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“…The analysis of existing research indicates that the literature is more often concerned with the essence or definition of energy and fuel poverty [12][13][14][15], how to measure energy and fuel poverty [16][17][18], the level of fuel poverty [19], the impact of heating expenditure on fuel poverty [20], territorial diversity of this phenomenon [21,22], the influence of cultural dimensions [23], and ethnic fractionalization [24]. The COVID-19 pandemic has also generated interest in the issue of fuel poverty in the context of the impact of the pandemic on fuel poverty levels [25,26]. The COVID-19 disease has resulted in a widespread renewed interest in affordable access to energy services [27].…”

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Macroeconomic Policy versus Fuel Poverty in Poland—Support or Barrier

Nagaj

2022

Energies

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: Energy and climate policies play an increasingly important role in the world in the era of climate change and rising energy prices. More often, the importance of the development of the energy sector and climate protection is seen from the point of view of the expenditures that will need to be absorbed in the economy, with the potential for increased energy prices. However, it should be remembered that this is also related to the issue of fuel poverty and the inability to meet basic energy needs by parts of society. The aim of the paper is to assess the importance of macroeconomic policy instruments in reducing fuel poverty, using Poland as an example. It will be examined whether and how the government influenced this phenomenon (directly or indirectly), through which instruments, and which instruments (fiscal, monetary or energy-climate policy) played the most important role in shaping the scale of fuel poverty in Poland, with an emphasis on the role of monetary and fiscal policy instruments. The analysis covered the period from 2004 to mid-2021. The results of the research showed that in Poland there is a lack of policy directly aimed at reducing fuel poverty, and the government affects the scale of fuel poverty indirectly mainly through macroeconomic policy instruments, i.e., fiscal and monetary policy instruments. The main and most effective instruments for reducing fuel poverty in Poland are social transfers. Other instruments that have a statistically significant impact on this poverty rate are the level of tax burdens and short-term interest rates. The analysis also revealed some opportunities for effective fuel poverty reduction policies. It was proven that in addition to fiscal policy, monetary policy, which would stimulate a decrease in short-term interest rates, is also an effective way to reduce the fuel poverty rate in Poland.

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“…According to the study by Shupler et al [23], 95% of households faced a decrease in income, which led to a change in cooking fuels to polluting ones (kerosene or wood). Ambrose et al [117] analyzed the linkages between fuel poverty and the pandemic in the United Kingdom. The results showed that the number of fuel-poor households had risen by 600,000 during the pandemic period.…”

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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic to the Sustainability of the Energy Sector

Siksnelyte-Butkiene

2021

Sustainability

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In order to control the COVID-19 pandemic, the governments of the world started to implement measures regarding social distance and social contacts, including closures of cities, work and study relocations, and work suspension. The epidemical situation and the lockdown of the economy by governments in various countries caused changes in production, changes in the habits of energy consumers and other energy-related changes. This article analyses the impact of the global pandemic on the energy sector and the relationship with the progress to the sustainability of the energy sector. The systematic literature review was performed in the Web of Science (WoS) database. The research follows recommendations of the SALSA (Search, Appraisal, Synthesis and Analysis) and PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) approaches. A total of 113 relevant articles were selected for the analysis. All selected articles were categorized according to their application and impact areas. The five main impact areas of the COVID-19 pandemic to the sustainability of the energy sector were identified: consumption and energy demand; air pollution; investments in renewable energy; energy poverty; and energy system flexibility. Based on the current research findings and perception of the problem, the main insights for future research in the field are provided.

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Cold comfort: Covid-19, lockdown and the coping strategies of fuel poor households

Cited by 32 publications

References 13 publications

Psychological Wellbeing, Worry, and Resilience-Based Coping during COVID-19 in Relation to Sleep Quality

Psychological Wellbeing, Worry, and Resilience-Based Coping during COVID-19 in Relation to Sleep Quality

Macroeconomic Policy versus Fuel Poverty in Poland—Support or Barrier

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic to the Sustainability of the Energy Sector

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