Research has been focussing on protective and resistance-related factors that may help people face the long-lasting psychological challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sense of coherence allows to remain healthy and to recover after stressful or traumatic life experiences. We aimed at investigating whether, and the extent to which, social support, in terms of both family and friends support, mediated the well-established link between sense of coherence and mental health as well as that between sense of coherence and COVID-19-related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms. In May 2021, 3048 Italian respondents (51.5% women) aged between 18 and 91 (M-age = 48.33, SD = 14.04) filled in a self-report questionnaire. The mediation analyses we carried out on their responses showed a difference between focussing on mental health or on a psychological disorder. Indeed, despite the respectively positive and negative relation between sense of coherence and mental health and PTSD symptoms, this confirming the protective role of sense of coherence more than 1 year after the beginning of the pandemic, social support only mediated, partially, the former link. We also discuss practical implications and further expansion of the study.

Danioni, F. V., Barni, D., Ferrari, L., Ranieri, S., Canzi, E. C. R., Iafrate, R., Lanz, M., Regalia, C., Rosnati, R., The enduring role of sense of coherence in facing the pandemic, <<HEALTH PROMOTION INTERNATIONAL>>, 2023; 38 (3): 1-9. [doi:10.1093/heapro/daad054] [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/260774]

The enduring role of sense of coherence in facing the pandemic

Danioni, Francesca Vittoria;Ferrari, Laura;Ranieri, Sonia;Canzi, Elena Camilla Rosa;Iafrate, Raffaella;Lanz, Margherita;Regalia, Camillo;Rosnati, Rosa
2023

Abstract

Research has been focussing on protective and resistance-related factors that may help people face the long-lasting psychological challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sense of coherence allows to remain healthy and to recover after stressful or traumatic life experiences. We aimed at investigating whether, and the extent to which, social support, in terms of both family and friends support, mediated the well-established link between sense of coherence and mental health as well as that between sense of coherence and COVID-19-related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms. In May 2021, 3048 Italian respondents (51.5% women) aged between 18 and 91 (M-age = 48.33, SD = 14.04) filled in a self-report questionnaire. The mediation analyses we carried out on their responses showed a difference between focussing on mental health or on a psychological disorder. Indeed, despite the respectively positive and negative relation between sense of coherence and mental health and PTSD symptoms, this confirming the protective role of sense of coherence more than 1 year after the beginning of the pandemic, social support only mediated, partially, the former link. We also discuss practical implications and further expansion of the study.
2023
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Danioni, F. V., Barni, D., Ferrari, L., Ranieri, S., Canzi, E. C. R., Iafrate, R., Lanz, M., Regalia, C., Rosnati, R., The enduring role of sense of coherence in facing the pandemic, <<HEALTH PROMOTION INTERNATIONAL>>, 2023; 38 (3): 1-9. [doi:10.1093/heapro/daad054] [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/260774]
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