A Study to Assess the Impact of Covid-19 on Stress and Coping Responses among General Population

Abstract Over the past several decades, flash floods that occurred in Attica, Greece, caused serious property and infrastructure damages, disruptions in economic and social activities, and human fatalities. This paper investigated the link between rainfall and flash flood impact during the catastrophic event that affected Attica on 22 October 2015, while also addressing human risk perception and behavior as a response to flash floods. The methodology included the analysis of the space–time correlation of rainfall with the citizens’ calls to the emergency fire services for help, and the statistical analysis of people’s responses to an online behavioral survey. The results designated critical rainfall thresholds associated with flash flood impact in the four most affected subareas of the Attica region. The impact magnitude was found to be associated with the localized accumulated rainfall. Vulnerability factors, namely, population density, geographical, and environmental features, may have contributed to the differences in the impact magnitudes between the examined subareas. The analysis of the survey’s behavioral responses provided insights into peoples’ risk perception and coping responses relative to the space–time distribution of rainfall. The findings of this study were in agreement with the hypothesis that the more severe the rainfall, the higher peoples’ severity assessment and the intensity of emotional response. Deeper feelings of fear and worry were found to be related to more adjustments to the scheduled activities and travels. Additionally, being alert to the upcoming rainfall risk was found to be related to decreased worry and fear and to fewer changes in scheduled activities.

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RISK PERCEPTION, STRESS AND COPING STRATEGIES IN TWO CATASTROPHE RISK SITUATIONS

Social Behavior and Personality An International Journal ◽

10.2224/sbp.2003.31.1.61 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 31 (1) ◽

pp. 61-70 ◽

Cited By ~ 25

Author(s):

Esperanza López-Vázquez ◽

Maria Luisa Marván

Keyword(s):

Risk Perception ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Important Variable ◽

Stress And Coping ◽

Stress Reactions ◽

Passive Coping ◽

Coping Responses ◽

Catastrophe Risk ◽

And Coping ◽

Industrial Risks

This study examined the influence of risk perception on stress reactions and coping strategies in 191 Mexican people who had experienced a catastrophe either natural (SR group) or industrial (IR group), and who are still exposed to the same kind of risks. Results showed that for the IR group and for people who rank industrial risks as the highest priority, from among a list of risks, the stress levels were higher and coping strategies were passive. There were significant correlations between feelings of insecurity and both stress level and passive coping strategies. The results demonstrate that risk perception is an important variable influencing both stress and coping responses in a catastrophe risk situation.

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“I think I have a problem”. Disclosure of mental health difficulties by friends.

10.31237/osf.io/qt4fz ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Alexandra Lampard-Scotford

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Mental Illness ◽

Young People ◽

Help Seeking ◽

Stress And Coping ◽

Mental Health Issue ◽

Future Research ◽

Coping Responses ◽

Mental Health Difficulties ◽

And Coping

Amidst concerns that the prevalence of young people experiencing a mental health issue is increasing, it is important to understand young people’s responses to mental illness disclosures. Drawing on data from one-on-one interviews with six participants aged between 19 and 22, this paper demonstrates how perceived barriers, age and context changes, and stress and coping responses effect a young person’s response to a mental illness disclosure from friends, and how these responses serve to either prevent or facilitate future help-seeking. Consequently, participants suggested stigma was the most significant impediment to help-seeking behaviours in young people with MHPs. Age and context differences were also highlighted, alongside their effect on the participants’ stress and coping responses to disclosures and perceptions of barriers in mental health. Implications for future research and practice are also outlined.

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COVID-19 and Death Anxiety: The Impact on Students’ Appraisals to Completing Advance Directives

Innovation in Aging ◽

10.1093/geroni/igab046.514 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽

pp. 133-134

Author(s):

Carlyn Vogel ◽

Debra Dobbs ◽

Maureen Templeman ◽

Victoria Marino ◽

William Haley

Keyword(s):

Content Analysis ◽

Advance Directives ◽

Undergraduate Students ◽

Death Anxiety ◽

Stress And Coping ◽

Transactional Model ◽

Serious Illness ◽

Recorded Lecture ◽

And Coping ◽

The Impact

Abstract This study examined possible effects of COVID-19 on students’ appraisals, coping, and responses to completing advance directives (ADs). We used the transactional model of stress and coping to explore 93 undergraduate students’ responses to an AD assignment completed in an undergraduate course during COVID-19. Students watched a recorded lecture, read content related to ADs, and examined a sample copy of a 5 Wishes document. Students completed an assignment reflecting on reactions to completing ADs. Content analysis of 65 responses indicated almost 10% of students mentioned COVID-19 or the pandemic as a reason to complete ADs. Approximately 18% mentioned their youth and 40% mentioned sudden or serious illness as reasons to complete ADs. Nearly 30% mentioned death anxiety as a reason for being unprepared to complete ADs. Instructors should consider ways to inform and help students process their emotions given contextual factors (e.g. the pandemic) when teaching about ADs.

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