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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Morale and Perceived Threats as Predictors of Psychological Coping with Distress in Pandemic and Armed Conflict Times.

Yohanan Eshel, Shaul Kimhi, Hadas Marciano, Bruria Adini

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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Yohanan EshelStress and Resilience Research Center, Tel Hai College, Tel Hai 1220800, Israel.
Shaul KimhiStress and Resilience Research Center, Tel Hai College, Tel Hai 1220800, Israel.
Hadas MarcianoStress and Resilience Research Center, Tel Hai College, Tel Hai 1220800, Israel.
Bruria AdiniDepartment of Emergency and Disaster Management, School of Public Health, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6139601, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-4358-0872

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Abstract

The present study investigated predictors of psychological coping with adversity responses during the COVID-19 pandemic and an armed conflict. Two paired samples that represented the Israeli population that was exposed to both adversities were compared. Respondents rated five different psychological coping responses associated with the two adversities, such as anxiety or individual resilience. Perceived security, pandemic, economic, and political risks, as well as level of morale, were rated. Two major findings were disclosed by two path analyses. Morale improved the predictions of the varied coping responses in both the pandemic and conflict and was the best predictor of four out of five responses and the second-best predictor of the fifth response. Contrary to previous studies, our findings revealed that the concept of a single major predictor of coping responses under distress is an overgeneralization. In both cases, the coping responses were better explained by other perceived risks rather than by the risk of the investigated adversity. Rather than assume that a perceived security threat accounts for low levels of public moods, it is vital to study the antecedents of coping responses and to empirically examine additional potential predictors.

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COVID-19PandemicsAdaptation, PsychologicalArmed ConflictsHumansMoraleSARS-CoV-2Stress, Psychologicalarmed conflictCOVID-19distressmoraleperceived riskspositive and negative cognitive appraisalsresiliencewell-being

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PMID34444505
PMCPMC8391374

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