Psychological Wellbeing and Personal Coping Strategies during COVID-19 Lockdown: An Empirical Study

ABSTRACT

This study analyzes the factors affecting psychological wellbeing and personal coping strategies adopted by individuals, "during the lockdown of the COVID-19 pandemic". Ox CAP-MH and Brief COPE was used to develop an online survey. Using the data collected from 351 respondents of the Indian general population, it was found that psychological well-being was affected by activity levels & social involvement;endogenous & exogenous sense of influence;leisure, bias & self worth;adaptability & mindfulness;and mental stress & sleep. Factors associated with personal coping strategies included positive reframing & active coping;defence mechanisms & self-doubt;use of emotional support & planning for the recovery of the pandemic covid-19 by personal coping;substance use & humour;spirituality;persistence threshold;using social support system. Finally result obtained is "the attitude of females and males varies", towards the majority of the factors. The implications theoretically and in practice have been discussed.