- PII
- S020595920013340-0-
- DOI
- 10.31857/S020595920013340-0
- Publication type
- Article
- Status
- Published
- Authors
- Volume/ Edition
- Volume 42 / Issue 1
- Pages
- 102-110
- Abstract
The study explored the psychological factors of post-traumatic stress disorder, which occurs as a result of stress on the background of covid-19. An outbreak of a previously unknown disease, prolonged self-isolation, contradictory information in the media, and an economic crisis — all these are today's realities that have arisen due to the coronavirus pandemic. In such conditions, society is particularly in need of developing measures to overcome post-traumatic stress, which is preceded by the identification of its patterns, connections with certain psychological and other factors. Hypothesis: negative coping strategies and low indicators of subjective well-being are correlated with high indicators of post-traumatic stress in a sample of Chinese students. As a sample a total of 306 Chinese students were interviewed, including 161 students studying in China and 145 students studying outside their country (Russia, England, USA). Methods: “Subjective well-being” (IOW); post-traumatic stress self-assessment questionnaire (PTSD); assessment of stress management style (SCSD). A sample of students from China showed a positive correlation between passive coping strategies and stress (0.221**), the overall mood and stress index (0.356**), and subjective well-being and stress (0.191*); negative correlation between active coping strategies and the overall mood index (-0.321**). In the sample of Chinese students studying abroad, there is a positive correlation between passive coping strategies and stress (0.394**), active coping strategies and subjective well-being (0.283*), and the mood and stress index (0.178*); a negative correlation was found between active coping strategies and the overall mood of Chinese students (-0.325**). Conclusions: Chinese students studying in China and abroad do not show the severity of post-traumatic stress disorder and prefer active strategies for coping with stress, related to pandemia covid-19.
- Keywords
- post-traumatic stress, post-traumatic stress disorder, psychology of distress, psychology of pandemic, coronavirus, covid-19, Chinese students
- Date of publication
- 20.01.2021
- Year of publication
- 2021
- Number of purchasers
- 6
- Views
- 441
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