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A study co-directed by Óscar Sánchez, psychologist and associate professor at the University of Murcia, has analyzed the resilience levels of the population during the COVID-19 pandemic and its incidence as a protective factor in the situation; as well as its impact on psychological well-being and post-traumatic stress, variables associated with confinement and the pandemic.
Resilience in psychology is defined as the ability of human beings to adapt to an adverse situation. The investigation has been carried out by means of surveys made at the beginning of the de-escalation.
In the responses of the respondents, high resilience levels were found in 30% of the population, medium levels in 55%, and low levels in 15% of the population.
In other words, medium or high levels were found in 85% of the population.
Therefore, a large part of the sample shows resilience at a medium or high level, as indicated by other similar studies. In the analysis of the responses, significant and positive correlations were found between resilience with psychological well-being, mood, and ease of coping with the pandemic.
Correlations were also found between low resilience and post-traumatic stress.
Among the consequences of the study, it should be noted that a higher degree of resilience highly predicts the psychological well-being of the person in 51.3% of cases. Furthermore, from the results of the responses and their analysis, it can be deduced that resilience is also a protective factor against post-traumatic stress.
During confinement, according to the results of this study, the symptoms of post-traumatic stress have a greater presence in health personnel and those who have been confined without being able to perform their job performance.
Source: Universidad de Murcia
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