TY - JOUR
T1 - Hope and well-being in vulnerable contexts during the COVID-19 pandemic : does religious coping matter?
AU - Counted, Victor
AU - Pargament, Kenneth I.
AU - Bechara, Andrea Ortega
AU - Joynt, Shaun
AU - Cowden, Richard G.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - To identify potential protective mechanisms that might buffer the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on well-being, the current set of studies (N Study 1 = 1172, N Study 2 = 451) examined the roles of hope and religious coping (positive and negative) in promoting well-being during periods when stringent stay-at-home orders were implemented in Colombia and South Africa to control the spread of SARS-CoV-2. After controlling for relevant sociodemographic characteristics (Studies 1 and 2), subjective health complaints, and sleep quality (Study 2), hope was positively associated with well-being and the relation between hope and well-being was moderated by religious coping. Whilst well-being was highest when levels of hope were high (irrespective of positive or negative religious coping levels), when reported hope was low, well-being tended to be higher when positive religious coping was high (Study 1) and negative religious coping was low (Study 2). Implications of the findings for maintaining well-being during a public health crisis are discussed.
AB - To identify potential protective mechanisms that might buffer the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on well-being, the current set of studies (N Study 1 = 1172, N Study 2 = 451) examined the roles of hope and religious coping (positive and negative) in promoting well-being during periods when stringent stay-at-home orders were implemented in Colombia and South Africa to control the spread of SARS-CoV-2. After controlling for relevant sociodemographic characteristics (Studies 1 and 2), subjective health complaints, and sleep quality (Study 2), hope was positively associated with well-being and the relation between hope and well-being was moderated by religious coping. Whilst well-being was highest when levels of hope were high (irrespective of positive or negative religious coping levels), when reported hope was low, well-being tended to be higher when positive religious coping was high (Study 1) and negative religious coping was low (Study 2). Implications of the findings for maintaining well-being during a public health crisis are discussed.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/1959.7/uws:61085
U2 - 10.1080/17439760.2020.1832247
DO - 10.1080/17439760.2020.1832247
M3 - Article
SN - 1743-9760
VL - 17
SP - 70
EP - 81
JO - Journal of Positive Psychology
JF - Journal of Positive Psychology
IS - 1
ER -