Dealing with the challenges of the pandemic - results of a population-based survey during the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic contrasting benefits and burden.

Autor: Geprägs A; Hospital of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychotherapy, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany., Bürgin D; Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Research Department (UPKKJ), Psychiatric University Hospitals, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.; Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland., Fegert JM; Hospital of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychotherapy, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany., Brähler E; Department for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center of Johannes, Gutenberg University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany.; Integrated Research and Treatment Center Adiposity Diseases, Behavioral Medicine Unit, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Leipzig University Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany., Clemens V; Hospital of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychotherapy, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany. vera.clemens@uni-ulm.de.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: BMC public health [BMC Public Health] 2024 Jul 19; Vol. 24 (1), pp. 1941. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jul 19.
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-19203-4
Abstrakt: Background: The pandemic and the associated consequences have been ongoing stressors with severe impacts on the population and particularly on families. Research focusing on groups dealing well with the challenges of the pandemic is scarce. Here, we aimed to identify groups being well-adjusted during the pandemic and associated predictors.
Methods: A representative sample of the German population (N = 2,515, 51.6% women, 50.09 years), and a subsample of persons with children or adolescents under the age of 18 (N = 453, 60.3% women, 40.08 years) was assessed from July to October 2021. As huge differences in coping with the pandemic are seen, cluster analysis was performed.
Results: Persons in the "well-adjusted cluster" were characterized by higher quality of life, better coping with the pandemic and lower burden of the pandemic. The family subsample well-adjusted cluster was characterized by lower pandemic-associated burden, lower parental stress compared to before the pandemic and a better relationship with the child. Fewer mental health symptoms and less pandemic-associated negative impact on career predicted membership of the well-adjusted cluster in both samples. An interaction between mental health symptoms and the negative impact of COVID-19 on the career was found.
Conclusions: Our results underscore the importance of mental health and work-related factors for coping with the pandemic.
(© 2024. The Author(s).)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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