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Do coping responses predict better/poorer mental health in Portuguese adults during Portugal’s national lockdown associated with the COVID-19?

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Jarego, Margarida, Pimenta, Filipa, Pais-Ribeiro, José, Costa, Rui M., Patrão, Ivone, Coelho, Lina, Ferreira-Valente, Alexandra·2021·Personality and Individual Differences

Abstract

Background This study aimed at assessing the mental health status of adults living in Portugal during the national lockdown of March 2020 to May 2020, how study participants coped with stress during the national lockdown, as well as the association between coping responses and mental health status.Methods 430 adults from the general population living in Portugal completed measures of mental health status and coping.Results Participants reported a mental health status in the normal range. Most commonly used coping responses were acceptance, planning and active coping. The use of instrumental and emotional support, self-blame, venting, denial, behavioural disengagement, and substance use were associated with poorer mental health. Active coping, positive reframing, acceptance, and humour were associated with better mental health. However, only positive reframing and humour significantly predicted better mental health, while only substance use predicted poorer mental health.Conclusions Findings suggest that there was not a significant negative impact of the Portuguese national lockdown in the adults living in Portugal. Findings supported positive reframing and humour as being adaptive coping responses in this context. These responses should be encouraged by healthcare professionals and targeted in the context of psychosocial intervention programs directed to most vulnerable populations.

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Authors
Jarego, M., Pimenta, F., Pais-Ribeiro, J., Costa, R. M., Patrão, I., Coelho, L., & Ferreira-Valente, A.
Affiliations
  • ISPA - Instituto Universitário (PT)
  • University of Coimbra (PT)
  • University of Washington (US)
Corresponding author
Ferreira-Valente, Alexandra
Venue
Personality and Individual Differences
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2021-06
Volume
175
Pages
110698
ISSN
0191-8869 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3126676480
Cited by
34
References
66
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2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 18 · 2021: 5
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5.42
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journal article
Language
en
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  • Personality and Individual Differences (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nd)
  • Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Funders
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (SFRH/ BPD/121452/2016, 2020.10251)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Student Stress and Coping
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Resilience and Mental Health
Keywords
coping responses, mental health, COVID-19 lockdown, stress, positive reframing, humour, substance use, self-blame, emotional support, active coping, Portuguese adults

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