Perspectives of Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, and Community Stressors in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic - A Qualitative Study across 20-Nations

Claudia Chiarolanza; Viola Sallay; Susanna Joo; Stanley Gain; Pingkan C. Rumondor; Pauldy Otermans; Michaela Baldi; Lauren Hocker; Kai Kline; Alessio  Masturzi; Michael  Boiger; Susan Boon; Tom  Burke; Arobindu Dash; Sarah Galdiolo; Claire M.  Hart; Hey Jung  Jun; Barani Kanth; Evangelos C. Karademas; Tamás Martos; Anne Milek; Jean C.  Natividade; Ana P.  Relvas; Petruta  Rusu; Laura Sels; Sultan Shujja; Laura K. Taylor; Sinica B. Ucok; Lesley Verhofstadt; Martina Zemp; Adnan Adil; Anna Berry; Katherine Carnelley; Alan Carr; Silvia Donato; Eddie Murphy; Louise McHugh; Alda Portugal; David Schmitt; Casey Totenhagen; Rahel Lea Van Eickels; Gyesook Yoo; Martina Bara; Emanuele Basili; Sarah Beauchemin-Roy; Audrey Brassard; Mallika De; Klima Doroudian; Diana-Sînziana Duca; Manuel Faggiano; Cornelia Filip; Laura Katharina Freischlager; Amos-Silvio Friedrich; Justine Gaugue; Marie Géonet; Syifa Fauziah; Neele Hermeschd; Jessica Hopkins; Miseon Kang; Marie-France Lafontaine; Judith Lanfermann; Seol Ah Lee; Amanda Londero-Santos; Sofia Major; Tiago Azevedo Marot; Ariela F. Pagani; Miriam Parise; Hayoung Park; Roksana Parvin; Katherine Peloquin; Bárbara Fernandez Rebelo; Francesca Righetti; Eilien Rosalie; Sara Salavati; Steven Samrock; Brittany Sawrey; Mary E. Serea; Petra Simon-Zámbori; Luciana Sotero; Owen Stafford; Christoforos Thomadakis; Cigdem Topcu-Uzer; Sinead Wearen; Do Kyung Yoon; Kylee York; Ashley K. Randall

Perspectives of Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, and Community Stressors in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic - A Qualitative Study across 20-Nations

Claudia Chiarolanza (Corresponding author), Viola Sallay, Susanna Joo, Stanley Gain, Pingkan C. Rumondor, Pauldy Otermans, Michaela Baldi, Lauren Hocker, Kai Kline, Alessio Masturzi, Michael Boiger, Susan Boon, Tom Burke, Arobindu Dash, Sarah Galdiolo, Claire M. Hart, Hey Jung Jun, Barani Kanth, Evangelos C. Karademas, Tamás MartosAnne Milek, Jean C. Natividade, Ana P. Relvas, Petruta Rusu, Laura Sels, Sultan Shujja, Laura K. Taylor, Sinica B. Ucok, Lesley Verhofstadt, Martina Zemp, Adnan Adil, Anna Berry, Katherine Carnelley, Alan Carr, Silvia Donato, Eddie Murphy, Louise McHugh, Alda Portugal, David Schmitt, Casey Totenhagen, Rahel Lea Van Eickels, Gyesook Yoo, Martina Bara, Emanuele Basili, Sarah Beauchemin-Roy, Audrey Brassard, Mallika De, Klima Doroudian, Diana-Sînziana Duca, Manuel Faggiano, Cornelia Filip, Laura Katharina Freischlager, Amos-Silvio Friedrich, Justine Gaugue, Marie Géonet, Syifa Fauziah, Neele Hermeschd, Jessica Hopkins, Miseon Kang, Marie-France Lafontaine, Judith Lanfermann, Seol Ah Lee, Amanda Londero-Santos, Sofia Major, Tiago Azevedo Marot, Ariela F. Pagani, Miriam Parise, Hayoung Park, Roksana Parvin, Katherine Peloquin, Bárbara Fernandez Rebelo, Francesca Righetti, Eilien Rosalie, Sara Salavati, Steven Samrock, Brittany Sawrey, Mary E. Serea, Petra Simon-Zámbori, Luciana Sotero, Owen Stafford, Christoforos Thomadakis, Cigdem Topcu-Uzer, Sinead Wearen, Do Kyung Yoon, Kylee York, Ashley K. Randall

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Abstract

The outbreak of COVID-19 is causing physical and psychological stress in individuals who find themselves facing this unknown threat.
At the light of the peak of the first pandemic wave (March – July 2020), little was known about what types of stressors individuals
perceive across different contexts and cultures, especially in the face of this global pandemic. The aim of this international project
was to examine perceptions of stress related to the COVID-19 pandemic from 10,650 individuals across 20 countries. Participants
were asked to give free-text answers to three open-ended questions about their perceived stress that reflected intrapersonal,
interpersonal, and community stressors they were facing at the time of data collection (March – July 2020). Inductive thematic
analysis of qualitative data resulted in five main themes: concerns for individual health and well-being; challenges to personal
relationships; loss of future time perspective and adaptation to changes; reactions of society, government, and media; and absence
of stress or positive effects. All five main themes were represented in all countries’ data. The striking similarity in the
experiences of respondents shows the vulnerability and resilience of participants along with the potential unifying nature of
COVID-19 and its effects. Results from this study have the potential to inform global practices related to stress and coping
responses in the face of global pandemics and contribute to respond to Goal 3 of the United Nations Goals of a Sustainable
Development ”Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages”.

Original language	English
Journal	International Perspectives in Psychology: Research, Practice, Consultation
Publication status	Unpublished - 20 Aug 2021

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

501010 Clinical psychology

Keywords

Stress
Personal Relationship
Cross-culture
COVID–19
Health

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Chiarolanza, C., Sallay, V., Joo, S., Gain, S., Rumondor, P. C., Otermans, P., Baldi, M., Hocker, L., Kline, K., Masturzi, A., Boiger, M., Boon, S., Burke, T., Dash, A., Galdiolo, S., Hart, C. M., Jun, H. J., Kanth, B., Karademas, E. C., ... Randall, A. K. (2021). Perspectives of Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, and Community Stressors in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic - A Qualitative Study across 20-Nations. Unpublished.

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AU - Gain, Stanley

AU - Rumondor, Pingkan C.

AU - Otermans, Pauldy

AU - Baldi, Michaela

AU - Hocker, Lauren

AU - Kline, Kai

AU - Masturzi, Alessio

AU - Boiger, Michael

AU - Boon, Susan

AU - Burke, Tom

AU - Dash, Arobindu

AU - Galdiolo, Sarah

AU - Hart, Claire M.

AU - Jun, Hey Jung

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AU - Karademas, Evangelos C.

AU - Martos, Tamás

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AU - Verhofstadt, Lesley

AU - Zemp, Martina

AU - Adil, Adnan

AU - Berry, Anna

AU - Carnelley, Katherine

AU - Carr, Alan

AU - Donato, Silvia

AU - Murphy, Eddie

AU - McHugh, Louise

AU - Portugal, Alda

AU - Schmitt, David

AU - Totenhagen, Casey

AU - Van Eickels, Rahel Lea

AU - Yoo, Gyesook

AU - Bara, Martina

AU - Basili, Emanuele

AU - Beauchemin-Roy, Sarah

AU - Brassard, Audrey

AU - De, Mallika

AU - Doroudian, Klima

AU - Duca, Diana-Sînziana

AU - Faggiano, Manuel

AU - Filip, Cornelia

AU - Freischlager, Laura Katharina

AU - Friedrich, Amos-Silvio

AU - Gaugue, Justine

AU - Géonet, Marie

AU - Fauziah, Syifa

AU - Hermeschd, Neele

AU - Hopkins, Jessica

AU - Kang, Miseon

AU - Lafontaine, Marie-France

AU - Lanfermann, Judith

AU - Ah Lee, Seol

AU - Londero-Santos, Amanda

AU - Major, Sofia

AU - Azevedo Marot, Tiago

AU - Pagani, Ariela F.

AU - Parise, Miriam

AU - Park, Hayoung

AU - Parvin, Roksana

AU - Peloquin, Katherine

AU - Fernandez Rebelo, Bárbara

AU - Righetti, Francesca

AU - Rosalie, Eilien

AU - Salavati, Sara

AU - Samrock, Steven

AU - Sawrey, Brittany

AU - Serea, Mary E.

AU - Simon-Zámbori, Petra

AU - Sotero, Luciana

AU - Stafford, Owen

AU - Thomadakis, Christoforos

AU - Topcu-Uzer, Cigdem

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Perspectives of Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, and Community Stressors in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic - A Qualitative Study across 20-Nations

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