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Introduction: COVID-19 pandemic reality raise multiple problems that need effective ways of coping. Not only for people experienced contracting COVID-19 but those who did not the positive ways of coping are important way to overcome distress associated with COVID-19. Post-traumatic Growth of personality may be effective coping factor. To test this hypothesis we used several instruments: one of them - Peritraumatic Distress Index (CPDI) for assessing the level of distress specific to Covid-19 Objectives: 463 participants (including 66 patients in COVID-19 clinics) Methods: Russian version of Covid-19 Peritraumatic Distress Index (CPDI) validated in Psychological Helping and resocialization Department Moscow State University;Impact of Event Scale (Horowitz), Post-Traumatic Growth Inventory - PTGI (Tadeshi & Calhoun) adapted by M. Magomed-Eminov Results: Russian version of CPDI has high reliability-consistency (Cronbach's alpha -0.87). We obtained from our data: significant correlation between CPDI and PTG for people experienced COVID- 19 contamination. Content analysis of narratives and incomplete sentences showed: those who had higher scores on PTG and CPDI have differences in personal meaning of their traumatic experience. Conclusion(s): CPDI is presented in research as brief effective tool to identify COVID-19 related distress and plan helping strategies and psychiatric interventions for various people suffering by continuing pandemic crisis. Correlation between CPDI and COVID-19 contamination: could suggest more severe distress is associated with higher PTG. And PTG could be considered as positive factor coping with distress. We suggest cultural-activity approach to personality work with stressful experience of individual to confront distress, existential evaluation of life situation taking into account also resilience, growth.
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Introduction: The aim of the study was to adapt the Coping Selfefficacy Scale for research Russian population in the situation of the COVID-19 pandemic for researching positive personal resources to overcome peritraumatic COVID-19 distress. To solve this task we also used Impact of Event Scale (Horowitz) and Post-Traumatic Growth Inventory (Tadeshi & Calhoun) - both adapted by M. Magomed-Eminov. These two methods allow us to assess the connection coping self-efficacy with both the traumatic experience and the experience of post-traumatic growth. And to use the results to prevent mental health. Objective(s): 342 participants (students and masters;18,2% male, 81,8% female;age: 20-30 years). Method(s): Russian version of Coping self-efficacy scale developed in Psychological Helping and resocialization Department Lomonosov Moscow State University;Post-Traumatic Growth Inventory - PTGI (Tadeshi & Calhoun), Impact of Event Scale (Horowitz), - both adapted by M. Magomed-Eminov. Result(s): Russian version of Coping self-efficacy scale has high reliability-consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.916). Detected significant correlation between coping self-efficacy and post-traumatic growth (rS = 0,261, p < 0,01) and significant negative correlation between coping self-efficacy and intensity of the impact of stressful events (IES) (rS = - 0,140, p < 0,05). Conclusion(s): The obtained results confirmed the high psychometric effectiveness of the Self-efficacy Coping Scale. The connections indicate the existence of positive ways of coping to distress. The results obtained suggest that further research on the positive consequences will expand the repertoire of tools predicted the ability of a modern person to cope with adversity and use experience for deeper involvement of human resources.
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In scientific and practical terms, the comparison of methods based on different theoretical and methodological foundations is of particular relevance. It should be noted that most of the globally recognized methods do not have a reliable and valid Russian-language version, which sets the task of validating the corresponding tools. The work is devoted to the development and testing of the Russian-language version of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale, which makes it possible to identify the severity of anxiety about coronavirus infection. Testee: 463 people, including patients of medical institutions repurposed for the treatment of COVID-19 (66 people) Methods: Fear of COVID-19 Scale (Ahorsu, Lin, Imani, et al., 2020), Impact of Event Scale by M. Horowitza, adapted in Russia in 1998 by M. Sh. Magomed-Eminov (Magomed-Eminov, 2008).
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Research in the field of psychological health during the Covid-19 pandemic plays an important role in determining the general stress level and identifying the need for psychological helping. The numerous data all over the world claim that people need for support during the ongoing crisis. Therefore, there is an increasing need for rapid identification of individuals suffering psychologically for more effective and purposeful interventions and systematic assistance to the patients without psychiatric disorders. A similar tool for identifying and monitoring the assessment of the level of distress specific to Covid-19 is the Covid-19 Peritraumatic Distress Index (CPDI) developed by researchers at the Shanghai Mental Health Center (Qiu et al, 2020), It was also tested in Iran, Italy, India, Germany, Spain. The Covid-19 Peritraumatic Distress Index was adapted in Russia in 2020 by the Department of Psychological Helping and Resocialization of the Psychology Faculty at Lomonosov Moscow State University (under the supervision of prof. M. Sh. Magomed-Eminov). Subjects: 463 people, including 66 patients of medical institutions repurposed for the treatment of COVID-19. Results. The Russian-language version of the questionnaire presented in the article has high reliability-consistency (Cronbach's a -0.87). The factor structure includes five factors. The convergent validity of the technique shown by its connection with the severity of traumatic tendencies of avoidance and invasion (according to the diagnostic criteria of post-traumatic stress disorder). CPDI is supposed to be effective brief instrument for diagnosing and modelling the strategies of helping and psychological support for various population groups involved in continuing pandemic crisis. Authors propose cultural-activity and meaning approach to personality work with his\her own traumatic experience to resist distress, but also show courage, resilience, personality growth.