Benjamin Laurel R, Wang Shu-Wen
Department of Psychology, San Diego State University/University of California San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego, CA, United States.
Department of Psychology, Haverford College, Haverford, PA, United States.
Front Psychol. 2024 Aug 30;15:1420327. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1420327. eCollection 2024.
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected nearly every facet of life, constituting a "new normal" and prompting an ongoing collective psychological crisis. People's ways of coping with the pandemic and corresponding well-being are of particular research interest; however, these constructs have largely been examined using deductive quantitative approaches, deficit-based lenses, and mononational samples.
The current mixed-methods study used inductive-sequential (QUAL → QUAN) approaches to explore positive coping strategies (approach coping style and COVID-related connection appraisal) and well-being (loneliness, distress, and happiness) across individuals from the United States, Japan, and Mexico. Qualitative data were gathered from = 141 U.S., Japanese, and Mexican adults to examine how people perceived connection during the pandemic.
Qualitative analyses illuminated common themes in which people appraised the pandemic as an opportunity for connection and strengthened interpersonal relationships. Quantitative measures, including a newly-developed questionnaire on COVID-related connection appraisal, were then administered to a separate sample of = 302 adults in the U.S, Japan, and Mexico to assess associations among approach coping style, COVID-related connection appraisal, and well-being outcomes (loneliness, distress, happiness). Quantitative analyses found significant associations among approach coping style, COVID-related connection appraisal, and all well-being outcomes. Of note, these associations did not differ by country. COVID-related connection appraisal mediated the relationship between approach coping style and two well-being outcomes (loneliness and happiness).
Findings point to approach coping style and connection appraisal as pathways for resilience and growth in the face of global suffering.
新冠疫情几乎影响了生活的方方面面，构成了一种“新常态”，并引发了一场持续的集体心理危机。人们应对疫情的方式及其相应的幸福感尤其值得研究关注；然而，这些构念在很大程度上是使用演绎定量方法、基于缺陷的视角和单一国家样本进行研究的。
当前的混合方法研究采用归纳顺序法（质性→量化），以探究来自美国、日本和墨西哥的个体的积极应对策略（积极应对方式和与新冠相关的联结评估）以及幸福感（孤独感、痛苦和幸福感）。从141名美国、日本和墨西哥成年人中收集定性数据，以考察人们在疫情期间如何看待联结。
定性分析揭示了一些共同主题，即人们将疫情视为建立联结和加强人际关系的契机。随后，对美国、日本和墨西哥的另外302名成年人样本进行了包括新开发的与新冠相关的联结评估问卷在内的定量测量，以评估积极应对方式、与新冠相关的联结评估和幸福感结果（孤独感、痛苦、幸福感）之间的关联。定量分析发现，积极应对方式、与新冠相关的联结评估和所有幸福感结果之间存在显著关联。值得注意的是，这些关联在不同国家之间并无差异。与新冠相关的联结评估在积极应对方式和两个幸福感结果（孤独感和幸福感）之间起中介作用。
研究结果表明，积极应对方式和联结评估是面对全球苦难时恢复力和成长的途径。
