Psychological flexibility in the context of COVID-19 adversity: Associations with distress

Kroska, Emily B.; Roche, Anne I.; Adamowicz, Jenna L.; Stegall, Manny S.

doi:10.1016/j.jcbs.2020.07.011

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“…Our multiple group SEM analysis highlights the role of psychological flexibility as the only significant factor that mediated the relationship between illness perceptions toward COVID-19 and mental health across all included geographical regions. Indeed, several recent studies conducted in Italy [ 37 ], the United Kingdom [ 38 , 39 ], the United States [ 40 , 41 , 42 ], and Poland [ 43 ] have indicated how the facets of psychological flexibility play an important role in mitigating the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health [ 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 43 , 44 ]. Of the aforementioned studies, some have further shown that the opposite processes of psychological flexibility, that is, the psychological inflexibility or experiential avoidance were positively associated with parenting stress and family discord [ 44 ], and moderated the suicidal risk in the context of COVID-19 stressors such as resource constraints and loss arising from the pandemic [ 42 ].…”

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Patterns of Psychological Responses among the Public during the Early Phase of COVID-19: A Cross-Regional Analysis

Chong

Chien

Cheng

et al. 2021

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This study aimed to compare the mediation of psychological flexibility, prosociality and coping in the impacts of illness perceptions toward COVID-19 on mental health among seven regions. Convenience sampled online survey was conducted between April and June 2020 from 9130 citizens in 21 countries. Illness perceptions toward COVID-19, psychological flexibility, prosociality, coping and mental health, socio-demographics, lockdown-related variables and COVID-19 status were assessed. Results showed that psychological flexibility was the only significant mediator in the relationship between illness perceptions toward COVID-19 and mental health across all regions (all ps = 0.001–0.021). Seeking social support was the significant mediator across subgroups (all ps range = <0.001–0.005) except from the Hong Kong sample (p = 0.06) and the North and South American sample (p = 0.53). No mediation was found for problem-solving (except from the Northern European sample, p = 0.009). Prosociality was the significant mediator in the Hong Kong sample (p =0.016) and the Eastern European sample (p = 0.008). These findings indicate that fostering psychological flexibility may help to mitigate the adverse mental impacts of COVID-19 across regions. Roles of seeking social support, problem-solving and prosociality vary across regions.

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Patterns of Psychological Responses among the Public during the Early Phase of COVID-19: A Cross-Regional Analysis

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Chien

Cheng

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“…These results are confirmed by the WHO, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and other organizations that promote mindfulness practices during the pandemic [ 8 , 62 ]. Additionally, prior studies suggest that psychological flexibility is a significant protective factor against the adverse effects of general and peritraumatic distress [ 63 ]. This study sheds new light on this notion as psychological flexibility appears to have an indirect relationship with pandemic-related anxiety by promoting better psychosomatic functioning.…”

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Examining the Associations between Psychological Flexibility, Mindfulness, Psychosomatic Functioning, and Anxiety during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Path Analysis

Wielgus¹,

Urban²,

Patriak

et al. 2020

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Social distancing plays a leading role in controlling the spread of coronavirus. However, prolonged lockdown can lead to negative consequences in terms of mental health. The goal of the research is to examine the relationship between anxiety and general psychosomatic functioning during the COVID-19 pandemic; the impact of psychological flexibility and mindfulness is also considered. Variables were measured with self-report questionnaires and symptom checklists. The sample included 170 people (M = 27.79, SD = 8.16). Pearson’s correlation, stepwise regression, and path analysis were conducted. The results showed a significant positive relationship between state anxiety and somatic and psychological responses to the pandemic. Path analysis revealed that mindfulness had a direct negative impact on and decreased the level of state anxiety (b = −0.22, p = 0.002), whereas psychological flexibility influenced the variable indirectly (b = 0.23, p = 0.002) by enhancing psychosomatic functioning (b = −0.64, p < 0.001). Psychological flexibility and mindfulness may mediate the development of mental disorders and facilitate achieving overall wellbeing. The study points to the usefulness of mindfulness practice as a form of self-help with anxiety symptoms; this is crucial during the pandemic because contact with clients is restricted.

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“…Psychological exibility and the ability to stay in the present moment and participate in the value-oriented activities, even in the presence of negative emotions in a pandemic situation, turned out to be a positive factor. It has been shown that components such as behavioral awareness and openness to new experiences were associated with lower levels of distress (Kroska, Roche, Adamowicz, & Stegall, 2020). A study conducted on a British sample during the lockdown in May 2020 demonstrated that psychological exibility explained 5 to 18% of the variance of distress (including that speci c to COVID-19) and psychological well-being (Dawson & Golijani-Moghaddam, 2020).…”

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Conscious Self-Regulation and Self-organization of Life during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Zinchenko¹,

Morosanovа²,

Кondratyuk³

et al. 2020

Psych. Rus.

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Background. In a pandemic situation, the search for psychological resources for successful self-organization of life under the changing conditions becomes an urgent issue. Revealing the role of a person's conscious activity to achieve such self-organization during the lockdown period is the goal of this study. Objective. Our main task was to monitor self-assessments of life self-organization in different age groups. Another was to evaluate the extent to which conscious self-regulation contributes to the success of self-organization, to overcoming its difficulties, and to accepting the uncertainty of the future. Design. The data were obtained online on the Testograf platform (www.testograf.ru), which was provided by the all-Russian research project “Exploring at home!” (www.issleduemdoma.ru), a study which ran from late April to early June 2020. The sample was comprised of 1634 people, ages 18-60, from 69 regions of Russia. The methods were “Morosanova’s Self-regulation Profile Questionnaire – SRPQM 2020” and the authors’ ad hocquestionnaire “Self-organization of life during a lockdown.” Results. The majority of respondents assessed their level of self-organization as medium (67.6%) and high (17.3%). The general level of self-regulation was associated with successful self-organization in all age groups. Regression analysis revealed that being able to cope with and accept uncertainty depended primarily on flexibility, persistence, planning goals, and modeling conditions. Overcoming the difficulties of self-organization depended on the same indicators, with additional contributions of reliability and programming of actions. Students demonstrated significantly lower levels of self-regulation than older people; as a result, young people experienced more difficulties in organizing their lives under self-isolation conditions. Conclusion. The higher the level of conscious self-regulation, the more productive a person is when self-organizing his/her behavior in case of a lockdown. The difficulties of self-organization, in turn, are associated with a low level of regulatory resources.

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Psychological flexibility in the context of COVID-19 adversity: Associations with distress

Cited by 89 publications

References 32 publications

Patterns of Psychological Responses among the Public during the Early Phase of COVID-19: A Cross-Regional Analysis

Patterns of Psychological Responses among the Public during the Early Phase of COVID-19: A Cross-Regional Analysis

Examining the Associations between Psychological Flexibility, Mindfulness, Psychosomatic Functioning, and Anxiety during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Path Analysis

Conscious Self-Regulation and Self-organization of Life during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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