Hope and well-being in vulnerable contexts during the COVID-19 pandemic: does religious coping matter?. Issue 1 (2nd January 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Counted, Victor; Pargament, Kenneth I.; Bechara, Andrea Ortega; Joynt, Shaun; Cowden, Richard G.
• Is Part Of: Journal of positive psychology. Volume 17:Issue 1(2022)
• Page Start: 70
• Page End: 81
• Publication Date: 2022-01-02
• Subjects: COVID-19 -- hope -- well-being -- religious coping -- vulnerable contexts; Positive psychology -- Periodicals; Quality of life -- Psychological aspects -- Periodicals; Happiness -- Psychological aspects -- Periodicals; 158
• DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2020.1832247
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1743-9760

Abstract

ABSTRACT: To identify potential protective mechanisms that might buffer the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on well-being, the current set of studies ( N Study 1 = 1172, N Study 2 = 451) examined the roles of hope and religious coping (positive and negative) in promoting well-being during periods when stringent stay-at-home orders were implemented in Colombia and South Africa to control the spread of SARS-CoV-2. After controlling for relevant sociodemographic characteristics (Studies 1 and 2), subjective health complaints, and sleep quality (Study 2), hope was positively associated with well-being and the relation between hope and well-being was moderated by religious coping. Whilst well-being was highest when levels of hope were high (irrespective of positive or negative religious coping levels), when reported hope was low, well-being tended to be higher when positive religious coping was high (Study 1) and negative religious coping was low (Study 2). Implications of the findings for maintaining well-being during a public health crisis are discussed.