The Role of Coping Strategies in Maintaining Well-Being During the COVID-19 Outbreak in South Korea
- Authors
- Kim, Joo Hyun; Shim, Yerin; Choi, Incheol; Choi, Eunsoo
- Issue Date
- 1월-2022
- Publisher
- SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
- Keywords
- COVID-19; coping; well-being; fear; multilevel growth modeling
- Citation
- SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PERSONALITY SCIENCE, v.13, no.1, pp.320 - 332
- Indexed
- SSCI
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PERSONALITY SCIENCE
- Volume
- 13
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 320
- End Page
- 332
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/130229
- DOI
- 10.1177/1948550621990595
- ISSN
- 1948-5506
- Abstract
- The COVID-19 pandemic continues to pose an unprecedented challenge for the world as people strive to cope with this significant threat to their well-being. This intensive longitudinal study of the first 94 days of the COVID-19 outbreak in South Korea (Phase 1: initial outbreak, Phase 2: intense social distancing) examined individuals' changes in well-being, in relation to their use of coping strategies and fear of infection. A sample of 10,464 South Koreans participated in surveys during Phase 1 and Phase 2, resulting in 35,846 observations. Multilevel growth models revealed a decrease in well-being while different coping strategies moderated the individual rate of change in well-being. Although preventive measures were associated with a greater decrease in well-being, cognitive appraisal and behavioral strategies predicted stable well-being during the pandemic. Coping strategies further mediated the association between fear of infection and deterioration of well-being.
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