Dealing With the Pandemic of COVID-19 in Portugal: On the Important Role of Positivity, Experiential Avoidance, and Coping Strategies
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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10835/14469
DOI: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.647984/full
DOI: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.647984/full
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Ferreira, Maria José; Sofia, Rui; Fernández Carreño, David; Eisenbeck, Nikolett; Jongenelen, Inês; [et al.]Fecha
2021-06-24Resumen
The global COVID-19 pandemic crisis has caused an unprecedented impact on most areas of people’s lives. Thus, framed within the scope of Existential Positive Psychology (PP2.0), this study aimed at assessing the psychological distress of adults living in Portugal during the first national lockdown, how they are coping with stress, as well to contribute to a deeper understanding about the role that positivity, experiential avoidance, and coping strategies have in psychological distress and well-being. For this purpose, 586 Portuguese adults (73% females) ranging between 18 and 78 years old (M = 38.96, SD = 12.20) completed an online survey during the initial phase of the pandemic crisis in Portugal. Findings suggest that experiential avoidance was the strongest predictor of a negative response (depression, anxiety, stress, loneliness, and negative emotions), whereas positivity was a better predictor of psychological well-being and lower levels of depression. Additionally, self-blame, be...
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psicología
covid-19
afrontamiento
positividad
evitación experiencial