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Abstract
BACKGROUND: Coronavirus (COVID‑19) a worldwide pandemic has significantly affected
life of people around the globe. It has also caused various psychological issues among public
such as uncertainty, fear, anxiety, and of course stress. Globalization has facilitated it and has
added greater complexity to the containment of infection leading to urgent call for public health
challenge. Consequently, a multilevel stress coping adjustment process is going on. Hence, it is
imperative to explore how people are affected psychologically and how they are coping with it.
People are adopting different strategies for coping up from this challenging situation. In this sense,
the present study intended to: explore which coping strategies were of relevance for people for
adjusting in COVID‑19 crises and were sociodemographic factors influencing the coping strategies.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: The research is descriptive study. For the present study, a sample
of 475 participants was asked for coping strategies used by them using valid and reliable scales.
RESULTS: Results revealed that positive attitude and trust in God were the most used adaptive
coping strategies and sociodemographic variables were playing a significant role in adaptive coping
strategies.
CONCLUSION: Hence, understanding and identification of coping strategies and their relationship
with demographic variables can help health professionals to direct interventions to control stressors
related to the pandemics.
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