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Cross-sectional analysis of coping strategies and anxiety and depression levels in a sample of the Andalusian population during the home lockdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic
International Journal of Social Psychology ; 37(1):119-143, 2022.
Article in English | APA PsycInfo | ID: covidwho-1740570
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The restrictive measures put into place to control the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 have prompted the need to study the possible health impacts in the middle term. Deprivation of the fundamental right to mobility results in an increase in affective disorders and the risks that they entail for the population. The goal of this study is to examine anxiety and depression levels during the first national lockdown and to determine the key coping strategies in order to develop health treatment and promotion programmes. The sample, comprised of 485 participants (mean age = 40) from Andalusia, received questionnaires via email between March and June. The results showed that acceptance, active coping and humour were the most effective coping strategies to explain and predict a decrease in anxiety and depression within the context of the home lockdown. Therefore, we recommend that these coping strategies be studied in order to develop programmes that help prevent the psychological consequences of the lockdown. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (Spanish) Las medidas restrictivas puestas en marcha para el control de la pandemia de COVID-19 en el ano 2020, han provocado la necesidad de estudiar los posibles impactos para la salud a medio plazo. La privacion del derecho fundamental a la movilidad tiene como consecuencia el aumento de los trastornos afectivos y el riesgo que estos implican para la poblacion. El presente estudio tiene por objetivo estudiar los niveles de ansiedad y depresion durante el primer confinamiento nacional y determinar las estrategias de afrontamiento claves para el desarrollo de programas de intervencion y promocion de la salud. La muestra, compuesta por 485 participantes (edad media = 40 anos) procedentes de Andalucia, recibio los cuestionarios a traves de correo electronico entre los meses de marzo y junio. Los resultados muestran que la aceptacion, el afrontamiento activo y el humour han sido las estrategias de afrontamiento mas eficaces para explicar y predecir la disminucion de la ansiedad y la depresion en el contexto del confinamiento domiciliario. Por ello, recomendamos que estas estrategias de afrontamiento sean estudiadas para el desarrollo de programas que permitan prevenir las consecuencias psicologicas derivadas del confinamiento. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
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Full text: Available Collection: Databases of international organizations Database: APA PsycInfo Type of study: Observational study / Randomized controlled trials Language: English Journal: International Journal of Social Psychology Year: 2022 Document Type: Article

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Full text: Available Collection: Databases of international organizations Database: APA PsycInfo Type of study: Observational study / Randomized controlled trials Language: English Journal: International Journal of Social Psychology Year: 2022 Document Type: Article