Experiential COVID-19 factors predicting resilience among Spanish adults

Abstract

The pandemic caused by COVID-19 has meant for citizens a constant adaptation to health measures in order to try to stop transmission of the virus. During this adaptation process, different psychosocial aspects have caused consequences for people’s mental health to a greater or lesser extent. The objective of this research is to analyze the relationship between resilience and experiential COVID-19 factors. Sample was comprised of Spanish adults (n = 1000; age 18–79 [mean = 40.43],793 female, 201 male, and 2 non binary sex). These people participating in an online sub-study focused on the impact of COVID-19 experiences. The research has been cross-sectional, descriptive and correlational design. The instrument created for this research was a specific online questionnaire, including the “Scale of satisfaction with life” (SWLS, Diener et al., 1985, Spanish version, Atienza, et al., 2000) and “Scale of resilience” (RS, Wagnild & Young, 1993, Spanish version, Sánchez-Teruel, et al., 2015). The results obtained show how people who have been able to face the pandemic in a responsive and adaptive way have high resilience. Specifically, those participants that accepting the use of masks, vaccinations and confinement obtained high resilience. Using public funding and allocating research to the development of programs to promote resilience, adaptative beliefs and prosocial behaviors becomes basic to live in a world in constant change.