COVID-19: Psychological Research from 2020 on the Emerging Pandemic

COVID-19: Psychological Research from 2020 on the Emerging Pandemic
Author: The Guilford Press
Publisher: Guilford Publications
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2024-02-13
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1462554709

This book presents a range of research on COVID-19 and mental health from the earliest days of the pandemic. It features selected 2020 articles from the Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology and Psychodynamic Psychiatry. The book explores how the pandemic affected mental health providers, their practices, and their patients. Topics include: *The effects of social distancing on social engagement. *Coping with the pandemic among people with depression and anxiety. *Whether political orientations align with coping mechanisms. *Social media use and loneliness among young adults. *How service delivery and clinical training were challenged by--and responded to--the unfolding crisis. Whether addressing the isolation of those early days or the realities of providing much-needed psychiatric care, this book highlights key findings and research directions that continue to shape our thinking about the pandemic today.

Covid-19

Covid-19
Author: The Guilford Press
Publisher: Guilford Publications
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2024-02
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1462554407

This book presents a range of research on COVID-19 and mental health from the earliest days of the pandemic. It features selected 2020 articles from the Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology and Psychodynamic Psychiatry. The book explores how the pandemic affected mental health providers, their practices, and their patients. Topics include : *The effects of social distancing on social engagement. *Coping with the pandemic among people with depression and anxiety. *Whether political orientations align with coping mechanisms. *Social media use and loneliness among young adults. *How service delivery and clinical training were challenged by and responded to unfolding crisis. Whether addressing the isolation of those early days or the realities of providing much-needed psychiatric care, this book highlights key findings and research directions that continue to shape our thinking about the pandemic today.

Emerging Adulthood in the COVID-19 Pandemic and Other Crises: Individual and Relational Resources

Emerging Adulthood in the COVID-19 Pandemic and Other Crises: Individual and Relational Resources
Author: Sophie Leontopoulou
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2023-01-31
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 3031222881

This volume addresses important questions related to the well-being and quality of life of emerging adults during crisis periods. It discusses the particular challenges that emerging adults face during a global or local crisis, the psychosocial resources they mobilize to overcome them and to flourish, the well-being indicators pertinent to youth development across various life domains, and the strategies to promote positive youth development and well-being under conditions of crisis. The volume examines these questions from an international and interdisciplinary point of view, collecting contributions mainly from psychology, but also education, economics, and sociology. It includes novel quantitative and qualitative research, intervention studies, critical reviews, and conceptual chapters. This makes it an essential read for scholars of positive development in emerging adulthood under crisis, as well as a relevant and accessible source of information for discerning lay readers. The specific focus of the majority of contributions on the Covid-19 pandemic makes this volume highly topical. Its focus on both well-being dimensions and problems related to crises offers a deeper understanding of the cultural similarities and differences in individual and collective challenges and resources across world regions. The volume investigates various facets of well-being, including daily experiences, relationships, purpose and growth, learning activities, and achievements. Evidence derived from the contributions to this volume can prove valuable for handling future crises through targeted interventions and programmes in different contexts and life domains.

COVID-19 and Psychology

COVID-19 and Psychology
Author: John G. Haas
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 74
Release: 2021-10-27
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 3658348933

Already, the COVID-19 pandemic has left a deep mark on all levels of human activity and sentiment. As far as the best possible management of the situation is concerned, it is not only up to governments and experts in health systems, but ultimately up to each individual to act appropriately. Understanding the psychological background and the societal context is essential. This essential is also intended to make a contribution in the sense of joint and successful coping. This Springer essential is a translation of the original German 1st edition COVID-19 und Psychologie by John G. Haas, published by Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature in 2020. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically different from a conventional translation. Springer Nature works continuously to further the development of tools for the production of books and on the related technologies to support the authors.

Psychological Insights for Understanding COVID-19 and Families, Parents, and Children

Psychological Insights for Understanding COVID-19 and Families, Parents, and Children
Author: Marc H. Bornstein
Publisher: Psychological Insights for Understanding COVID-19
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2020-12-14
Genre:
ISBN: 9780367682989

With specially commissioned introductions from international experts, the Psychological Insights for Understanding COVID-19 series draws together previously published chapters on key themes in psychological science that engage with people's unprecedented experience of the pandemic. This volume collects chapters that address prominent issues and challenges presented by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic to families, parents, and children. A new introduction from Marc H. Bornstein reviews how disasters are known to impact families, parents, and children and explores traditional and novel responsibilities of parents and their effects on child growth and development. It examines parenting at this time, detailing consequences for home life and economies that the pandemic has triggered; considers child discipline and abuse during the pandemic; and makes recommendations that will support families in terms of multilevel interventions at family, community, and national and international levels. The selected chapters elucidate key themes including children's worry, stress and parenting, positive parenting programs, barriers which constrain population-level impact of prevention programs, and the importance of culturally adapting evidence-based family intervention programs. Featuring theory and research on key topics germane to the global pandemic, the Psychological Insights for Understanding COVID-19 series offers thought-provoking reading for professionals, students, academics, policy makers, and parents concerned with the psychological consequences of COVID-19 for individuals, families, and society.

Political Authority, Social Control and Public Policy

Political Authority, Social Control and Public Policy
Author: Cara E. Rabe-Hemp
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2019-07-04
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1787560481

This edited collection examines the intersections of social control, political authority and public policy, providing an insight into the key elements needed to understand the role of governance in establishing and maintaining social control through law and public policy making.

Mental Health Effects of COVID-19

Mental Health Effects of COVID-19
Author: Ahmed Moustafa
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2021-06-11
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0128242884

The physical effects of COVID-19 are felt globally. However, one issue that has not been sufficiently addressed is the impact of COVID-19 on mental health. During the COVID-19 pandemic, citizens worldwide are enduring widespread lockdowns; children are out of school; and millions have lost their jobs, which has caused anxiety, depression, insomnia, and distress. Mental Health Effects of COVID-19 provides a comprehensive analysis of mental health problems resulting from COVID-19, including depression, suicidal thoughts and attempts, trauma, and PTSD. The book includes chapters detailing the impact of COVID-19 on the family's well-being and society dynamics. The book concludes with an explanation on how meditation and online treatment methods can be used to combat the effects on mental health. - Discusses family dynamics, domestic violence, and aggression due to COVID-19 - Details the psychological impact of COVID-19 on children and adolescents - Includes key information on depression, anxiety, and suicide as a result of COVID-19

The Psychology of Covid-19: Building Resilience for Future Pandemics

The Psychology of Covid-19: Building Resilience for Future Pandemics
Author: Joel Vos
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2021-01-13
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1529752078

The Psychology of Covid-19 explores how the coronavirus is giving rise to a new order in our personal lives, societies and politics. Rooted in systematic research on Covid-19 and previous pandemics, including SARS, Ebola, HIV and the Spanish Flu, this book describes how Covid-19 has impacted a broad range of domains, including self-perception, lifestyle, politics, mental health, media, and meaning in life. Building on this, the book then sets out how we can improve our psychological and social resilience, to safeguard ourselves against the psychological effects of future pandemics.

The Myth of Closure: Ambiguous Loss in a Time of Pandemic and Change

The Myth of Closure: Ambiguous Loss in a Time of Pandemic and Change
Author: Pauline Boss
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2021-12-14
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1324016825

How do we begin to cope with loss that cannot be resolved? The COVID-19 pandemic has left many of us haunted by feelings of anxiety, despair, and even anger. In this book, pioneering therapist Pauline Boss identifies these vague feelings of distress as caused by ambiguous loss, losses that remain unclear and hard to pin down, and thus have no closure. Collectively the world is grieving as the pandemic continues to change our everyday lives. With a loss of trust in the world as a safe place, a loss of certainty about health care, education, employment, lingering anxieties plague many of us, even as parts of the world are opening back up again. Yet after so much loss, our search must be for a sense of meaning, and not something as elusive and impossible as "closure." This book provides many strategies for coping: encouraging us to increase our tolerance of ambiguity and acknowledging our resilience as we express a normal grief, and still look to the future with hope and possibility.

Together Apart

Together Apart
Author: Jolanda Jetten
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 165
Release: 2020-07-13
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1529751705

Written by leading social psychologists with expertise in leadership, health and emergency behaviour – who have also played an important role in advising governments on COVID-19 – this book provides a broad but integrated analysis of the psychology of COVID-19 It explores the response to COVID-19 through the lens of social identity theory, drawing from insights provided by four decades of research. Starting from the premise that an effective response to the pandemic depends upon people coming together and supporting each other as members of a common community, the book helps us to understand emerging processes related to social (dis)connectedness, collective behaviour and the societal effects of COVID-19. In this it shows how psychological theory can help us better understand, and respond to, the events shaping the world in 2020. Considering key topics such as: LeadershipCommunicationRisk perceptionSocial isolationMental healthInequalityMisinformationPrejudice and racismBehaviour changeSocial Disorder This book offers the foundation on which future analysis, intervention and policy can be built. We are proud to support the research into Covid-19 and are delighted to offer the finalised eBook for free. All Royalties from this book will be donated to charity.