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In this study, we measure psychological suffering and emotional coping using humour among a sample of adult people during Italian lockdown to contain SARS-CoV-2 virus during 2020. We hypothesize that humour is a protective factor against a depressive state development, with the exception of some kind of humour style as aggressive or self-defeating. We revealed important psychopathology levels among subjects, the humour, more precisely self-enhancing one, is a protective factor against most psychopathological disorder, while there we did not find a significant correlation with depression and other humour scales, finding correlation with other humour styles and hostility, paranoia, and psichoticism scales.
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Adaptation, Psychological , COVID-19 , Wit and Humor as Topic/psychology , Adult , COVID-19/epidemiology , COVID-19/psychology , Humans , Italy/epidemiologySubject(s)
COVID-19/psychology , Laughter , Wit and Humor as Topic , Humans , Laughter Therapy , Pandemics , Social Interaction , VideoconferencingSubject(s)
COVID-19 , Mental Health , Social Support , COVID-19/prevention & control , COVID-19/psychology , Child , Humans , Pandemics , Parents , Physical Distancing , SARS-CoV-2 , School Teachers , Wit and Humor as TopicSubject(s)
Coronavirus Infections , Pandemics , Pneumonia, Viral , Screen Time , Social Isolation/psychology , Telecommunications , Betacoronavirus , COVID-19 , Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology , Coronavirus Infections/psychology , Humans , Interpersonal Relations , Mental Health , Pneumonia, Viral/epidemiology , Pneumonia, Viral/psychology , SARS-CoV-2 , Wit and Humor as TopicABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: This study seeks to explore the use of humor during the period of isolation caused by lockdown measures imposed in Italy as a result of the Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. SUBJECTS AND METHOD: The study is based on a non-clinical sample. The ad hoc questionnaire measures people's readiness to search for, publish and distribute humorous material during lockdown. It investigates the intentions behind sending content via social media (WhatsApp or similar) and the emotions experienced on receiving such content. RESULTS: The responses have been analyzed quantitatively, and using Excel's IF function they have been analyzed qualitatively. In the present sample of 106 Italian respondents, searching for content was less common than publishing it (yes 44.34%, no 54.72%). Positive emotions were more frequently the motivation (total 61.32%). A high percentage sent amusing content via social media or SMS (79%). Responses demonstrating a desire to lessen the situation's negative impact or a desire for cohesion were common. Receiving material was similarly associated with positive emotions and a sense of being close to others. CONCLUSIONS: humorous material appears to have served as a means of transmitting positive emotions, distancing oneself from negative events and finding cohesion.
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Coronavirus Infections/psychology , Pneumonia, Viral/psychology , Wit and Humor as Topic , Betacoronavirus , COVID-19 , Humans , Italy , Pandemics , SARS-CoV-2 , Social Media , Surveys and QuestionnairesABSTRACT
This short piece is a reflection on some of the stark cultural, social, and official differences between Australian and Jordanian handling of the mental health crisis triggered by COVID-19 seen through the eyes of two researchers living in the 2 countries. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).