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. 2022 May 15;19(10):6014.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph19106014.

The Emotions, Coping, and Psychological Well-Being in Time of COVID-19: Case of Master's Students

Audrone Dumciene  1 , Jurate Pozeriene  2
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The Emotions, Coping, and Psychological Well-Being in Time of COVID-19: Case of Master's Students

Audrone Dumciene et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

Background: Master’s students have been affected by COVID-19 and the changing study conditions due to the lockdown. The aim was to uncover changes in emotions, coping strategies, and psychological well-being during a pandemic. Methods: Ryff scale, multidimensional emotion questionnaire, and Brief COPE scale. Participants: sample of 118 master’s students after the first wave and 128 master’s students after the second wave. Results: After the second wave of COVID-19, the happy, enthusiastic, and inspired scores of the emotion construct components increased statistically significantly (p < 0.05), but the scores of the components sad, afraid, angry, ashamed, and anxious decreased significantly (p < 0.05). After the first wave, students commonly used planning, positive reframing, self-blame, humor, and acceptance coping strategies, which are classified as problem-focused and emotion-focused coping strategies. The psychological well-being of master’s students after the second wave was statistically (p < 0.05) better than that after the first wave in many indicators. Environment mastery skills did not change significantly. Significant associations were revealed between the same components of psychological well-being, emotion, and coping strategies. Conclusions: This study showed that the master’s students improved their adaptive abilities probably in the environment of long-term exposure to coronavirus disease, as most psychological well-being indicators improved significantly after the second wave.

Keywords: COVID-19; coping; emotions; master’s students; psychological well-being.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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