Predicting adaptive and maladaptive responses to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak: A prospective longitudinal study

Brailovskaia, Julia; Margraf, Jürgen

doi:10.1016/j.ijchp.2020.06.002

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“…In order to obtain a more comprehensive picture of the current COVID-19 situation, future studies should include actual behavior measures of adherence and additional factors that may influence attitudes and behavior, e.g. personality traits such as sensationalism [70], self-esteem [71], fear [19], seas of control [16], and past experience with extraordinary situations [72]. Moreover, future studies are recommended to use a recently developed ten-item instrument COVID-SCORE-10 that assesses the individual evaluation of the governmental communication and actions towards COVID-19 [56].…”

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“…The success of these government measures depends heavily on the willingness of the population to actively participate [16]. Here, however, there may be considerable differences within and across countries: While some individuals consider the measures to be useful and adhere to the guidelines, others question them and do not comply [17,18].…”

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“…In addition, the level of experienced physical and mental burden linked to the COVID-19 pandemic represents the emotional response to threat appraisal. Social distancing and public restrictions significantly changed the pattern of everyday life in ways that can negatively influence self-reported physical and mental health [16]. Increased depression and anxiety symptoms, problematic substance use as well as child abuse and domestic violence have been predicted in recent literature [27].…”

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“…It buffers the negative effect of daily stress [29], reduces adjustment disorder symptoms after the experience of stressful life events [30], positively predicts remission from panic disorder, agoraphobia and specific phobia in outpatients [31], reduces the negative impact of problematic media use [32], and decreases suicide related-outcomes [33,34]. Most recently, PMH was shown to predict a more adaptive response to the COVID-19 situation in a prospective longitudinal study [16]. Thus, it can be hypothesized that higher levels of PMH reflect a higher coping appraisal and therefore predict higher usefulness evaluation of the measures and better adherence.…”

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Behavioral measures to fight COVID-19: An 8-country study of perceived usefulness, adherence and their predictors

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Behavioral measures, such as the wearing of facemasks and maintaining of distance to other people, have been central in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic and will continue to be important in curbing its spread. We therefore investigated their perceived usefulness, adherence and their predictors in representative online samples in eight countries (France, Germany, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden, U.K., U.S.). Of the 7,658 participants, 77.4% rated governmental measures (highest: Germany, lowest: France) as useful and 91.7% reported adherence to them. Adherence was lowest in Russia and Poland, where people felt particularly left alone and not well supported, and in the U.S. and Sweden, where governments showed ambivalent attitudes towards the measures. The highest adherence was reported in countries with very high mortality (U.K., Spain, France) or very positively perceived government communication (Germany). Female gender, higher age, belonging to a risk group, being affected physically and mentally, perception of governmental communication as guided by the interests of people, feeling of being well informed and the level of positive mental health positively predicted both outcomes, while being affected economically negatively predicted both outcomes. Country-specific results are considered in the light of the protection motivation theory and the theory of planned behavior together with potential ways to improve active participation of the population. Overall, we recommend the governments and authorities to stress that each individual can contribute to the control of the COVID-19 situation by adherence to the measures in the public communication. Moreover, they should emphasize the risk of unconscious infection of older individuals by younger people, as well as the importance of physical activity for the protection of mental and physical health especially during the pandemic.

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“…The psychological repercussions in both general and clinical populations is causing serious mental health problems, highlighting severe anxiety and depressive symptoms, severe stress levels, posttraumatic stress, etc. ( Brailovskaia and Margraf, 2020 , Bueno-Notivol et al, 2021 , Inchausti et al, 2020 , Li et al, 2020 , Mazza et al, 2020 , Pfefferbaum and North, 2020 , Xiang et al, 2020 ).…”

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Coping strategies in obsessive-compulsive patients during Covid-19 lockdown

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Perceptions of Stress and Mood Associated With Listening to Music in Daily Life During the COVID-19 Lockdown

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ImportanceMusic listening is a universal human experience. People of all ages and cultures often use music to reduce stress and improve mood, particularly in times of crisis. However, ecologically valid research examining the real-time association of music listening with stress and mood during the COVID-19 pandemic is scarce.ObjectiveTo explore the associations between listening to music and the perceptions of stress and mood using ecological momentary assessment during the COVID-19 lockdown period.Design, Setting, and ParticipantsIn this cohort study conducted between April 1 and May 8, 2020, adults from the general population residing in Austria and Italy were prompted by an app on their smartphone to report data 5 times per day across 7 consecutive days. Participants provided data on their real-time and real-life experiences in their natural environment while strict lockdown measures were in place. Data analysis was performed from March 2021 to February 2022.ExposuresData on self-reported music listening were recorded by means of mobile-based assessments. Perceived chronic stress was assessed once at the end of the study.Main Outcomes and MeasuresPerceptions of momentary stress and mood were measured using visual analog scales (score range, 0-100, where 0 indicates not at all and 100 indicates very much) by means of mobile app–based assessments.ResultsThe final sample comprised 711 participants (497 women [69.9%]; median age, 27.0 years [IQR, 24.0-36.0 years]). Participants provided a total of 19 641 data points, including 4677 music listening reports. Music listening was prospectively associated with lower momentary stress levels (β, −0.92; 95% CI, −1.80 to −0.04; P = .04) and improvements in mood valence (β, 1.90; 95% CI, 1.17-2.63; P &lt; .001), especially if the music was perceived as happy. Individuals with higher levels of chronic stress reported improved mood valence after music listening (β, 0.12; 95% CI, 0.02-0.22; P = .02).Conclusions and RelevanceThe present findings suggest that music listening may be a means to modulate stress and mood during psychologically demanding periods. Individuals experiencing heightened momentary and/or chronic stress because of the challenges brought about by COVID-19 pandemic–related restrictions might consider music as an easily accessible tool for the management of stress and mood in daily life.

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Predicting adaptive and maladaptive responses to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak: A prospective longitudinal study

Cited by 134 publications

References 43 publications

Behavioral measures to fight COVID-19: An 8-country study of perceived usefulness, adherence and their predictors

Behavioral measures to fight COVID-19: An 8-country study of perceived usefulness, adherence and their predictors

Coping strategies in obsessive-compulsive patients during Covid-19 lockdown

Perceptions of Stress and Mood Associated With Listening to Music in Daily Life During the COVID-19 Lockdown

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