The Association Between Positive Religious Coping, Perceived Stress, and Depressive Symptoms During the Spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Among a Sample of Adults in Palestine: Across Sectional Study

Mahamid, Fayez; Bdier, Dana

doi:10.1007/s10943-020-01121-5

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“…Once completed, the study instruments were back-translated into English by an independent expert in the language., Fifty participants independent from the study sample were asked to answer the scales to test the reliability of the scales (reliability sample); Chronbach's Alpha α indicated high internal consistency for the study instruments. The instruments of the study (Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale [DASS21], Berlin Social Support Scales [BSSS], and The Fear of Coronavirus-19 Scale [FCV-19S]) were also validated by An-Najah IRB as they were used in previously published studies (Mahamid & Bdier, 2021a ; Mahamid, et al, 2021 ; Veronese et al, 2021 ).…”

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“…According to the literature, different studies investigated the outcomes that fear had on the mental health of individuals. For example, Mahamid and Bdier ( 2021a ) found that adult Palestinians displayed depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms during the spread of COVID-19. Moreover, a study carried out in Japan found that individuals who experience extreme fear may exhibit different impairments, including adverse effects from unhealthy behaviours (e.g.…”

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Fear of coronavirus (COVID-19) and mental health outcomes in Palestine: The mediating role of social support

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Fear of coronavirus (COVID-19) and mental health outcomes in Palestine: The mediating role of social support

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“…In turn, many of the Palestinian workers are exposed to COVID-19 infection at their workplace (Mahamid & Berte, 2019 ). The spread of the virus in Palestine may have a more significant impact on the population due to the overcrowding in the internally displaced refugee camps, lack of medical care, and limited ventilators (Mahamid et al, 2020b ; Mahamid & Bdier, 2021 ).…”

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Psychometric properties of the COVID stress scales (CSS) within Arabic language in a Palestinian context

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The main goal of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the COVID Stress Scales (CSS) in the Palestinian context and the factorial structure of the instrument. The CSS, a newly emerging internationally standardized measure of stress related to being exposed to or contracting COVID-19, was translated and validated for a Palestinian context to ensure that it can be used to measure COVID-19 stress. The sample of the study consisted of 860 Palestinian adults living in the West Bank of Palestine. Participants' age ranged from 20 to 48 years old (M = 34.7, SD =13.46). They were all recruited from online advertisements, e-mail campaigns, blogs, social media, and SMS campaigns. The CSS was found to be valid in the Arabic language within a Palestinian context. The confirmatory factor analysis yielded six factors: (1) Fears about the dangerousness of COVID-19, (2) fears about the personal social, and economic consequences of COVID-19, fears of disruption in the supply chain, fears of looting or rioting, (3) COVID-19-xenophobia, fears that foreigners are sources of COVID-19, (4) fears about sources of COVID-19-related contamination,(5) traumatic stress symptoms related to COVID-19, and (6) COVID-19-related checking which is consisting with the ordinal structure the scale. The CSS demonstrated a high level of validity and reliability in a Palestinian context and therefore can be considered for future studies as the COVID-19 pandemic persists. Further investigations using the Arabic Language of CSS may have far-reaching implications for measuring and combating the stress of COVID-19 at a personal and societal level for uniquely at-risk populations such as in the occupied territories of Palestine.

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“…COVID-19 disease is characterized medically by pneumonia, lymphopenia, exhausted lymphocytes and a cytokine storm (Cao, 2020 ). However apart from the physical impact of COVID-19 on affected victims, the experience of living in a pandemic has been found to be associated with several psychological impairments among individuals in the general population including depression, anxiety, and symptoms related to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (Guessoum et al, 2020 ; Liang et al, 2020 ; Mahamid & Bdier, 2021 ; Mahamid, Veronese, & Bdier, 2021b ).…”

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“…PIU is expected to be a serious behavioral problem among Palestinians during COVID-19 epidemic, as in addition to stressors related COVID-19 disease, the population is exposed to multiple environmental stressors (i.e. economic, social, and political) as a product of occupation (Mahamid & Bdier, 2021 ) including poverty, unemployment, restrictions on movement, militarization and the psychological impacts of military occupation (Berte et al, 2021 ; Mahamid & Berte, 2019 ; Mahamid & Berte, 2020 ).…”

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Problematic internet use and its association with sleep disturbance and life satisfaction among Palestinians during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Bdier

2021

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The current study was conducted to test the relationship between problematic internet use, sleep disturbance, and life satisfaction among Palestinians during the Covid-19 pandemic. The sample consisted of 366 Palestinian adults (129 males and 237 females), recruited from online advertisements, e-mail campaigns, social media, and SMS campaigns. Results of the correlational analysis showed that problematic internet use positively correlated with sleep disturbance (r = .19, p < .01), and negatively correlated with life satisfaction (r = −.17, p < .01). Moreover, life satisfaction negatively correlated to sleep disturbance (r = −.25, p < .01 ). The regression analysis for predicting problematic internet use found that life satisfaction contributes in a way that was statistically significant towards explaining variance in problematic Internet use (B = -.15, SE = .05, β = −.15 ), in addition sleep disturbance explained statistically and significantly variance in problematic internet use (B = .16, SE = .04, β = .20 ). Intervention programs directed at decreasing internet use may need to be updated to better address the issues of “necessary” excessive use during COVID-19 restrictions and re-entry into normalized activity patterns when shut-downs are finished. As a completely new area of investigation, this study can serve as an impetus to further examinations of these important topics.

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The Association Between Positive Religious Coping, Perceived Stress, and Depressive Symptoms During the Spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Among a Sample of Adults in Palestine: Across Sectional Study

Cited by 91 publications

References 73 publications

Fear of coronavirus (COVID-19) and mental health outcomes in Palestine: The mediating role of social support

Fear of coronavirus (COVID-19) and mental health outcomes in Palestine: The mediating role of social support

Psychometric properties of the COVID stress scales (CSS) within Arabic language in a Palestinian context

Problematic internet use and its association with sleep disturbance and life satisfaction among Palestinians during the COVID-19 pandemic

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