How Having a Clear Why Can Help Us Cope With Almost Anything: Meaningful Well-Being and the COVID-19 Pandemic in México
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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10835/14468
DOI: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.648069/full
DOI: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.648069/full
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Quiroga-Garza, Angelica; Cepeda-Lopez, Ana C.; Villarreal Zambrano, Sofía; Villalobos-Daniel, Victor E.; Fernández Carreño, David; [et al.]Fecha
2021-03-21Resumen
Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has resulted in an increase in known risk factors for mental health problems. Mexico adopted lockdown and physical distancing as a containment strategy with potential consequences on day to day life, such as social isolation, loss of income and loneliness that can have important consequences in terms of mental health.
Objective: We aimed to examine the effect of the initial phases of the COVID-19 pandemic on psychological distress, well-being and perceived physical health among Mexican-base respondents and to examine whether coping strategies would play a potential intermediating role in relation to these variables. Under the Existential Positive Psychology perspective, an emphasis was made on meaning-centered coping.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted between April 30 and June 16th 2020 among 604 Mexicans-base respondents of which 471 were women and 132 men. Data was collected by using online questionnaires. Psychological d...
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psicología
covid-19
sentido en la vida
bienestar psicológico
afrontamiento