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Emotional Well-Being and Coping Strategies during the COVID-19 Crisis
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Emotional Well-Being and Coping Strategies during the COVID-19 Crisis

A special issue of Behavioral Sciences (ISSN 2076-328X).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2024 | Viewed by 5080

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Silvia Francesca Maria Pizzoli

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Department of Oncology and Hemato-Oncology, University of Milan, 20122 Milan, Italy
Interests: eHealth; psychological personalized treatments; stress; anxiety; digital and blended approaches in psychotherapy
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Dr. Alessandro Alberto Rossi

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Section of Applied Psychology, Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education, and Applied Psychology, University of Padova, 35128 Padova, Italy
Interests: digital health; psychological personalized treatments; stress; anxiety
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The recent COVID-19 pandemic has triggered health, social, and economic challenges worldwide.

The dramatic impact of the COVID-19 outbreak and the social isolation arising as a result caused far-reaching consequences to both individuals and collective populations. COVID-19 both triggered and aggravated mental health problems. Indeed, in the last two years, mental health and well-being have been widely impacted by the pandemic, with an increasing number of people suffering from anxiety, depression, loneliness, post-traumatic stress, and a variety of other psychological symptoms. Suicidal thoughts and behaviors have increased as well.

This Special Issue aims to highlight recent findings on psychological struggles, emotional well-being, and coping strategies adopted to face the challenges related to the pandemic.

We welcome submissions on mental health risk factors, the trajectory of adjustment and well-being, and resilience and behavioral changes related to the problems raised by the pandemic.

Submissions from the fields of psychology, psychiatry, and sociology regarding these topics are welcome. Contributions considering the implementation and effectiveness of interventions for specific groups of people (health workers, children, elderly, patients, etc.) are especially encouraged.

You may choose our Joint Special Issue in IJERPH.

Dr. Silvia Francesca Maria Pizzoli
Dr. Alessandro Alberto Rossi
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • well-being
  • coping strategies
  • mental health
  • COVID-19
  • pandemic
  • emotions
  • adjustment

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Analysis of Pharmaceutical Companies’ Social Media Activity during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Impact on the Public
by Sotirios Gyftopoulos, George Drosatos, Giuseppe Fico, Leandro Pecchia and Eleni Kaldoudi
Behav. Sci. 2024, 14(2), 128; https://doi.org/10.3390/bs14020128 - 9 Feb 2024
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The COVID-19 pandemic, a period of great turmoil, was coupled with the emergence of an “infodemic”, a state when the public was bombarded with vast amounts of unverified information from dubious sources that led to a chaotic information landscape. The excessive flow of [...] Read more.
The COVID-19 pandemic, a period of great turmoil, was coupled with the emergence of an “infodemic”, a state when the public was bombarded with vast amounts of unverified information from dubious sources that led to a chaotic information landscape. The excessive flow of messages to citizens, combined with the justified fear and uncertainty imposed by the unknown virus, cast a shadow on the credibility of even well-intentioned sources and affected the emotional state of the public. Several studies highlighted the mental toll this environment took on citizens by analyzing their discourse on online social networks (OSNs). In this study, we focus on the activity of prominent pharmaceutical companies on Twitter, currently known as X, as well as the public’s response during the COVID-19 pandemic. Communication between companies and users is examined and compared in two discrete channels, the COVID-19 and the non-COVID-19 channel, based on the content of the posts circulated in them in the period between March 2020 and September 2022, while the emotional profile of the content is outlined through a state-of-the-art emotion analysis model. Our findings indicate significantly increased activity in the COVID-19 channel compared to the non-COVID-19 channel while the predominant emotion in both channels is joy. However, the COVID-19 channel exhibited an upward trend in the circulation of fear by the public. The quotes and replies produced by the users, with a stark presence of negative charge and diffusion indicators, reveal the public’s preference for promoting tweets conveying an emotional charge, such as fear, surprise, and joy. The findings of this research study can inform the development of communication strategies based on emotion-aware messages in future crises. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Emotional Well-Being and Coping Strategies during the COVID-19 Crisis)
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Breaking (Fake) News: No Personal Relevance Effect on Misinformation Vulnerability
by Francesco Ceccarini, Pasquale Capuozzo, Ilaria Colpizzi and Corrado Caudek
Behav. Sci. 2023, 13(11), 896; https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13110896 - 30 Oct 2023
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The massive spread of fake news (FN) requires a better understanding of both risks and protective psychological factors underlying vulnerability to misinformation. Prior studies have mostly dealt with news that do not bear any direct personal relevance to participants. Here, we ask whether [...] Read more.
The massive spread of fake news (FN) requires a better understanding of both risks and protective psychological factors underlying vulnerability to misinformation. Prior studies have mostly dealt with news that do not bear any direct personal relevance to participants. Here, we ask whether high-stakes news topics may decrease vulnerability to FN. Data were collected during the national lockdown in Italy (COVID-19 news) and one year later (political news). We compared truth discrimination and overall belief for true news (TN) and FN concerning COVID-19 and political topics. Our findings indicate that psychological risk and protective factors have similar effects on truth discrimination, regardless of whether the news topic is highly or minimally personally relevant. However, we found different effects of psychological factors on overall belief, for high and low personal relevance. These results suggest that, given a high level of cognitive dissonance, individuals tend to rely on proximal or emotional sources of information. In summary, our study underscores the importance of understanding the psychological factors that contribute to vulnerability to misinformation, particularly in high-stakes news contexts. Full article
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Path Model Analysis of the Effects of Perceived Formalism, and Fear of COVID-19 on Police Officers’ PTSD and Insomnia
by Frank Fu-Yuan Huang and Hsiang-Te Liu
Behav. Sci. 2023, 13(10), 867; https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13100867 - 23 Oct 2023
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This study examines whether law enforcement officers’ fear of COVID-19, job burnout, and job stress have increased their PTSD and insomnia during the epidemic. This article introduces the perceived formalism of police agencies into the causal model to explore whether perceived formalism increases [...] Read more.
This study examines whether law enforcement officers’ fear of COVID-19, job burnout, and job stress have increased their PTSD and insomnia during the epidemic. This article introduces the perceived formalism of police agencies into the causal model to explore whether perceived formalism increases the job burnout and job stress of police officers. The formalism of administrative agencies is rarely included in epidemic research. This study collected 306 Taiwanese police officers as research subjects. We used confirmatory factor analysis and SEM for hypothesis testing. The study found that perceived formalism positively affects the job burnout and job stress of police officers. Job stress, fear of COVID-19, and job burnout positively affect PTSD and insomnia. Full article
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COVID-19—Evidence of the Impact of Literacy and Salutogenic Behaviours in Positive Mental Health: A Cross-Sectional Study
by Cláudia Almeida, André Novo, Maria Lluch Canut, Carme Ferré-Grau and Carlos Sequeira
Behav. Sci. 2023, 13(10), 845; https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13100845 - 16 Oct 2023
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Positive mental health is defined as the ability to perceive and interpret the context of a situation and to adapt to it whenever necessary. Considering the pandemic situation, identifying the factors that may have the greatest impact on quality of life and consequently, [...] Read more.
Positive mental health is defined as the ability to perceive and interpret the context of a situation and to adapt to it whenever necessary. Considering the pandemic situation, identifying the factors that may have the greatest impact on quality of life and consequently, on positive mental health is paramount. The objective of this study was to assess the impact of health literacy on the adoption of behaviours that promote positive mental health during COVID-19. A descriptive, cross-sectional and correlational study was conducted on a sample of 770 patients using a questionnaire for sociodemographic characterization, the Positive Mental Health Questionnaire and the Mental Health Knowledge Questionnaire. Concerning health-promoting behaviours, those who sleep enough hours, exercise regularly, eat healthy and are more aware of mental health promotion activities, or have greater mental health literacy, have higher positive mental health scores. Thus, having more knowledge of mental health and adopting health-promoting behaviours improve positive mental health. Full article
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