TY - JOUR
T1 - Workers’ individual and dyadic coping with the COVID-19 health emergency: A cross cultural study
AU - Donato, Silvia
AU - Brugnera, Agostino
AU - Adorni, Roberta
AU - Molgora, Sara
AU - Reverberi, Eleonora
AU - Manzi, Claudia
AU - Angeli, Maria
AU - Bagirova, Anna
AU - Benet-Martinez, Veronica
AU - Camilleri, Liberato
AU - Camilleri-Cassar, Frances
AU - Kazasi, Evi Hatzivarnava
AU - Meil, Gerardo
AU - Symeonaki, Maria
AU - Aksu, Ayça
AU - Batthyany, Karina
AU - Brazienė, Ruta
AU - Genta, Natalia
AU - Masselot, Annick
AU - Morrissey, Suzy
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - The aim of this study was to examine workers’ psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic as a function of their individual coping, dyadic coping, and work-family conflict. We also tested the moderating role of gender and culture in these associations. To achieve this aim, we run HLM analyses on data from 1521 workers cohabiting with a partner, coming from six countries (Italy, Spain, Malta, Cyprus, Greece, and Russia) characterized by various degrees of country-level individualism/collectivism. Across all six countries, findings highlighted that work-family conflict as well as the individual coping strategy social support seeking were associated with higher psychological distress for workers, while the individual coping strategy positive attitude and common dyadic coping were found to be protective against workers’ psychological distress. This latter association, moreover, was stronger in more individualistic countries.
AB - The aim of this study was to examine workers’ psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic as a function of their individual coping, dyadic coping, and work-family conflict. We also tested the moderating role of gender and culture in these associations. To achieve this aim, we run HLM analyses on data from 1521 workers cohabiting with a partner, coming from six countries (Italy, Spain, Malta, Cyprus, Greece, and Russia) characterized by various degrees of country-level individualism/collectivism. Across all six countries, findings highlighted that work-family conflict as well as the individual coping strategy social support seeking were associated with higher psychological distress for workers, while the individual coping strategy positive attitude and common dyadic coping were found to be protective against workers’ psychological distress. This latter association, moreover, was stronger in more individualistic countries.
KW - COVID-19
KW - Individual coping
KW - culture
KW - dyadic coping
KW - work-family conflict
KW - COVID-19
KW - Individual coping
KW - culture
KW - dyadic coping
KW - work-family conflict
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/220212
U2 - 10.1177/02654075221119066
DO - 10.1177/02654075221119066
M3 - Article
SN - 0265-4075
VL - 40
SP - 551
EP - 575
JO - Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
JF - Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
ER -