COVID-19 fear, post-traumatic stress, growth, and the role of resilience.

Understanding the factors through which pandemic fear may be associated not just with distress, but also with growth outcomes is crucial to informing interventions across population groups and cultural settings. To achieve this aim, in a cross-sectional study, we examined the relationship between the fear of COVID-19, post-traumatic stress and post-traumatic growth while assessing the moderating role of trait resilience. Findings showed that fear of COVID-19 was associated with both stress and growth outcomes and that resilience was a significant moderator of these effects.

The Interpersonal Dimension of Pandemic Fear and the Dual-Factor Model of Mental Health: The Role of Coping Strategies.

(1) Background: Current COVID-19 research has mainly focused on negative outcomes associated with fear of the pandemic with the examination of potentially positive outcomes remaining underexplored. Based on the dual-factor model of mental health, which postulates positive and negative dimensions, we assessed the influence of COVID-19 fear on both negative and positive mental health outcomes and examined the mediational role of coping strategies. (2) Methods: A convenience sample of 231 respondents participated in an online survey reporting on measures of pandemic fear (SFS), distress (HADS), post-traumatic growth (PTGI) and individual differences in terms of coping strategies (CSI-SF).

War trauma exposed refugees and posttraumatic stress disorder: The moderating role of trait resilience.

Objective: Examining how exposure to pre-migration war related trauma and duration of living in refugee camp can impact on PTSD and psychiatric morbidity, while assessing the moderating role of trait resilience and coping style.

Methods: In a cross-sectional study, exposure to war related trauma and duration of living in refugee camp was evaluated in a sample of 83 asylum seekers and refugees from the Middle East, together with an assessment of PTSD and psychiatric morbidity via self-rating instruments. Trait resilience and coping style were also measured.