Psychological distress, social support, and psychological flexibility during COVID-19

Richard Tindle; Ahmed A Moustafa

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-824289-6.00012-X

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Psychological distress, social support, and psychological flexibility during COVID-19

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Psychological distress, social support, and psychological flexibility during COVID-19

Richard Tindle and Ahmed A Moustafa

Mental Health Effects of COVID-19, pp.89-101

Academic Press

2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-824289-6.00012-X

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psychological distress

social distancing

social support

psychological flexibility

COVID-19

isolation

quarantine

Due to the novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), society has needed to adjust to government social distancing and quarantine measures to restrict the spread of the virus. Due to these restrictions, social isolation has limited individuals’ access to social support from friends, family, and their extended social networks. As a consequence, individuals must adjust to increased feelings of loneliness, anxiousness, frustration, and depression. Those who are unable to effectively cope with negative emotions (i.e., have low psychological flexibility), lack social support, and have lower levels of resilience are more likely to report higher levels of psychological distress and poor psychological well-being. In this chapter, we discuss the importance of social support and psychological flexibility to act as a buffer between the effects of COVID-19 on psychological distress and mental health. Given that individuals are unable to change the COVID-19 situation, being psychologically flexible will help cope with, accept, and adjust to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Title: Psychological distress, social support, and psychological flexibility during COVID-19
Authors: Richard Tindle (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy
Ahmed A Moustafa (Author) - Western Sydney University
Contributors: Ahmed A Moustafa (Editor) - Western Sydney University
Publication details: Mental Health Effects of COVID-19, pp.89-101
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-824289-6.00012-X; 10.1016/C2020-0-02010-4
Organisation Unit: Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99546508002621
Output Type: Book chapter

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