Approach Coping Mitigates Distress of COVID-19 Isolation for Young Men With Low Well-Being in a Sample of 1,749 Youth From Australia and the USA
The unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic has led to lockdowns across the world with people being separated from their loved ones including partners, family, and friends. Here, using a large sample of 1,749 Australians and Americans, we investigated the impact of COVID-19 isolation on younger populations...
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| author | Phillip (Xin) Cheng Phillip (Xin) Cheng Haeme R. P. Park Haeme R. P. Park Justine M. Gatt Justine M. Gatt |
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| description | The unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic has led to lockdowns across the world with people being separated from their loved ones including partners, family, and friends. Here, using a large sample of 1,749 Australians and Americans, we investigated the impact of COVID-19 isolation on younger populations (13–25 years), and the influence of coping strategies and mental well-being on this impact. Overall, COVID-19 isolation had a more negative impact on adolescence (13–17 years) than young adulthood (18–25 years), but with no difference apparent between men and women, or between Australian and American residents. However, a deeper analysis revealed a gender-specific effect: the type of coping strategies differentially influenced the negative impact of COVID-19 isolation on men with various levels of well-being, an interaction effect not apparent in women. For men with lower levels of mental well-being, COVID-19 isolation appeared to have a less negative impact on them if they used more approach-oriented coping strategies (e.g., actively focusing on the problem). Our results provide cross-sectional evidence for a differential impact on young men at low levels of wellbeing by pandemic isolation. In sum, young men and adolescent boys with lower well-being coped better with COVID-19 isolation when they used more approach coping strategies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e4daba4b3a05460dafc6df61efed78032022-12-21T21:55:18ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychiatry1664-06402021-04-011210.3389/fpsyt.2021.634925634925Approach Coping Mitigates Distress of COVID-19 Isolation for Young Men With Low Well-Being in a Sample of 1,749 Youth From Australia and the USAPhillip (Xin) Cheng0Phillip (Xin) Cheng1Haeme R. P. Park2Haeme R. P. Park3Justine M. Gatt4Justine M. Gatt5Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA), Sydney, NSW, AustraliaSchool of Psychology, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, NSW, AustraliaNeuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA), Sydney, NSW, AustraliaSchool of Psychology, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, NSW, AustraliaNeuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA), Sydney, NSW, AustraliaSchool of Psychology, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, NSW, AustraliaThe unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic has led to lockdowns across the world with people being separated from their loved ones including partners, family, and friends. Here, using a large sample of 1,749 Australians and Americans, we investigated the impact of COVID-19 isolation on younger populations (13–25 years), and the influence of coping strategies and mental well-being on this impact. Overall, COVID-19 isolation had a more negative impact on adolescence (13–17 years) than young adulthood (18–25 years), but with no difference apparent between men and women, or between Australian and American residents. However, a deeper analysis revealed a gender-specific effect: the type of coping strategies differentially influenced the negative impact of COVID-19 isolation on men with various levels of well-being, an interaction effect not apparent in women. For men with lower levels of mental well-being, COVID-19 isolation appeared to have a less negative impact on them if they used more approach-oriented coping strategies (e.g., actively focusing on the problem). Our results provide cross-sectional evidence for a differential impact on young men at low levels of wellbeing by pandemic isolation. In sum, young men and adolescent boys with lower well-being coped better with COVID-19 isolation when they used more approach coping strategies.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.634925/fullCOVID-19isolationwellbeingcopingpsychological impact & pandemicadolescents |
| spellingShingle | Phillip (Xin) Cheng Phillip (Xin) Cheng Haeme R. P. Park Haeme R. P. Park Justine M. Gatt Justine M. Gatt Approach Coping Mitigates Distress of COVID-19 Isolation for Young Men With Low Well-Being in a Sample of 1,749 Youth From Australia and the USA Frontiers in Psychiatry COVID-19 isolation wellbeing coping psychological impact & pandemic adolescents |
| title | Approach Coping Mitigates Distress of COVID-19 Isolation for Young Men With Low Well-Being in a Sample of 1,749 Youth From Australia and the USA |
| title_full | Approach Coping Mitigates Distress of COVID-19 Isolation for Young Men With Low Well-Being in a Sample of 1,749 Youth From Australia and the USA |
| title_fullStr | Approach Coping Mitigates Distress of COVID-19 Isolation for Young Men With Low Well-Being in a Sample of 1,749 Youth From Australia and the USA |
| title_full_unstemmed | Approach Coping Mitigates Distress of COVID-19 Isolation for Young Men With Low Well-Being in a Sample of 1,749 Youth From Australia and the USA |
| title_short | Approach Coping Mitigates Distress of COVID-19 Isolation for Young Men With Low Well-Being in a Sample of 1,749 Youth From Australia and the USA |
| title_sort | approach coping mitigates distress of covid 19 isolation for young men with low well being in a sample of 1 749 youth from australia and the usa |
| topic | COVID-19 isolation wellbeing coping psychological impact & pandemic adolescents |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.634925/full |
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