COVID-19 Lockdown as an Atypical Stressful Situation and Ways of Coping with It

• Authors: Marzena Lelek-Kratiuk , Monika Szczygieł

Abstracts

EN

Little is known as to what extent the pandemic lockdown has changed the perceived level of stress and stress-coping strategies. In response to this gap we present the results of quantitative and qualitative studies on stress levels and coping with stress conducted among Polish adults during the COVID-19 lockdown. The first study indicates that the lockdown has changed stress appraisal moderately, and it has also affected stress-coping strategies in various areas. The second study reveals miscellaneous reasons for stress appraisal (health, economic, political, social, freedom restriction, and religious). Participants perceived pandemic and lockdown as a moderate stressor, more as a challenge than a threat. Moreover the avoidant style recognized as the most adaptive reaction on stress in our study, confirms that people have a natural ability to adapt to unpredictable and unexpected situations like COVID-19 lockdown.

Keywords

EN

stress appraisal; stress coping; COVID-19; lockdown; adults

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk
• Journal: Polish Psychological Bulletin
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 52
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 139-146

Dates

published

2021

Contributors

author

Marzena Lelek-Kratiuk

author

Monika Szczygieł

Identifiers

Biblioteka Nauki

2129964