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Stress, coping, and quality of life in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic

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  • Fathima Wakeel
  • Jacelyn Hannah
  • Leah Gorfinkel

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While research has widely explored stress, coping, and quality of life (QOL) individually and the potential links between them, a critical dearth exists in the literature regarding these constructs in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our study aims to identify the salient stressors experienced, describe the coping strategies used, and examine the relationships between stressors, coping, and QOL among individuals during the pandemic. Data are from a sample of 1,004 respondents who completed an online survey. Key measures included stressful life events (SLEs), coping strategies, and the physical and psychological health domains of QOL. Staged multivariate linear regression analyses examined the relationships between SLEs and the two QOL domains, controlling for sociodemographic and pre-existing health conditions and testing for the effects of coping strategies on these relationships. The most common SLEs experienced during the pandemic were a decrease in financial status, personal injury or illness, and change in living conditions. Problem-focused coping (β = 0.42, σ = 0.13, p

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  • Fathima Wakeel & Jacelyn Hannah & Leah Gorfinkel, 2023. "Stress, coping, and quality of life in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 18(5), pages 1-18, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0277741
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0277741
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