ArticlePloS one2020
Flow in the time of COVID-19: Findings from China.
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- The Utility of Meditation and Mindfulness-Based Interventions in the Time of COVID-19: A Theoretical Proposition and Systematic Review of the Relevant Prison, Quarantine and Lockdown Literature.Psychological reports · 2023Pooled it
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- The Russian subjective and objective uncertainty stress (SOUS-14) scale: factor validity, internal reliability, and measurement invariance in university student sample.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Relationship between leadership-member exchange (LMX) and flow at work among medical workers during the COVID-19: the mediating role of job crafting.BMC psychology · 2023Article
- Psychological Responses of Hungarian Students during the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Diverse Experiences and Coping During the COVID-19 Lockdown and Unlock in India.Trends in psychology · 2022Article
- Exploring the Roles of Dispositional Mindfulness and Cognitive Reappraisal in the Relationship Between Neuroticism and Depression Among Postgraduate Students in China.International journal of public health · 2022Article
- Coping with the Forced Separation of Close Relationships during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Psychology in Russia : state of the art · 2022Article
- Gaming Your Mental Health: A Narrative Review on Mitigating Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety Using Commercial Video Games.JMIR serious games · 2021Article
- Americans' distress early in the COVID-19 pandemic: Protective resources and coping strategies.Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy · 2021Article
- Reply to Marot et al.: The struggle to comply with social-distancing is multifaceted, as are the ways of mitigating it.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021Article
- Flow as a Key Predictor of Subjective Well-Being Among Chinese University Students: A Chain Mediating Model.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- The Relationship Between Quarantine Length and Negative Affect During the COVID-19 Epidemic Among the General Population in China: The Roles of Negative Cognition and Protective Factors.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Is It Possible to Find Something Positive in Being Confined Due to COVID-19? Implications for Well-Being.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
In February 2020, the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) was raging in Wuhan, China and quickly spreading to the rest of the world. This period was fraught with uncertainty for those in the affected areas. The present investigation examined the role of two potential coping resources during this stressful period of uncertainty: flow and mindfulness. Participants in Wuhan and other major cities affected by COVID-19 (N = 5115) completed an online survey assessing subjective experiences of flow, mindfulness, and well-being. Longer quarantine was associated with poorer well-being; flow and mindfulness were associated with better well-being on some measures. However, flow-but not mindfulness-moderated the link between quarantine length and well-being, such that people who experienced high levels flow showed little or no association between quarantine length and poorer well-being. These findings suggest that experiencing flow (typically by engaging in flow-inducing activities) may be a particularly effective way to protect against potentially deleterious effects of a period of quarantine.
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