Zandi Saeid, Ahmadi Fereshteh, Cetrez Önver A, Akhavan Sharareh
Department of Social Work and Criminology, Faculty of Health and Occupational Studies, University of Gävle, Gävle, Sweden.
Faculty of Theology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Illn Crises Loss. 2023 Jul;31(3):504-524. doi: 10.1177/10541373221088391. Epub 2022 Apr 13.
In this paper, we have mapped the coping methods used to address the coronavirus pandemic by members of the academic community. We conducted an anonymous survey of a convenient sample of 674 faculty/staff members and students from September to December 2020. A modified version of the RCOPE scale was used for data collection. The results indicate that both religious and existential coping methods were used by respondents. The study also indicates that even though 71% of informants believed in God or another religious figure, 61% reported that they had tried to gain control of the situation directly without the help of God or another religious figure. The ranking of the coping strategies used indicates that the first five methods used by informants were all non-religious coping methods (i.e., secular existential coping methods): regarding life as a part of a greater whole, regarding nature as an important resource, listening to the sound of surrounding nature, being alone and contemplating, and walking/engaging in any activities outdoors giving a spiritual feeling. Our results contribute to the new area of research on academic community's coping with pandemic-related stress and challenges.
在本文中，我们描绘了学术界成员为应对新冠疫情所采用的应对方法。我们于2020年9月至12月对674名教职员工和学生组成的便利样本进行了匿名调查。数据收集使用了修订版的RCOPE量表。结果表明，受访者同时使用了宗教和存在主义应对方法。该研究还表明，尽管71%的受访者信仰上帝或其他宗教人物，但61%的受访者表示，他们曾试图在没有上帝或其他宗教人物帮助的情况下直接掌控局面。所采用应对策略的排名表明，受访者使用的前五种方法均为非宗教应对方法（即世俗存在主义应对方法）：将生活视为更宏大整体的一部分、将自然视为重要资源、聆听周围自然的声音、独处与沉思，以及散步/参与任何能带来精神感受的户外活动。我们的研究结果为学术界应对疫情相关压力和挑战的新研究领域做出了贡献。
