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Resilience, Coping Strategies and Posttraumatic Growth in the Workplace Following COVID-19: A Narrative Review on the Positive Aspects of Trauma

The COVID-19 pandemic represents a traumatic event that has profoundly changed working conditions with detrimental consequences for workers’ health, in particular for the healthcare population directly involved in addressing the emergency. Nevertheless, previous research has demonstrated that trauma...

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Autores principales: Finstad, Georgia Libera, Giorgi, Gabriele, Lulli, Lucrezia Ginevra, Pandolfi, Caterina, Foti, Giulia, León-Perez, José M., Cantero-Sánchez, Francisco J., Mucci, Nicola
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8468098/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34574378
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189453
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author Finstad, Georgia Libera
Giorgi, Gabriele
Lulli, Lucrezia Ginevra
Pandolfi, Caterina
Foti, Giulia
León-Perez, José M.
Cantero-Sánchez, Francisco J.
Mucci, Nicola
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Giorgi, Gabriele
Lulli, Lucrezia Ginevra
Pandolfi, Caterina
Foti, Giulia
León-Perez, José M.
Cantero-Sánchez, Francisco J.
Mucci, Nicola
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description The COVID-19 pandemic represents a traumatic event that has profoundly changed working conditions with detrimental consequences for workers’ health, in particular for the healthcare population directly involved in addressing the emergency. Nevertheless, previous research has demonstrated that traumatic experiences can also lead to positive reactions, stimulating resilience and feelings of growth. The aim of this narrative review is to investigate the positive aspects associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and the possible health prevention and promotion strategies by analyzing the available scientific evidence. In particular, we focus on the constructs of resilience, coping strategies and posttraumatic growth (PTG). A literature search was performed on the PubMed, EMBASE, Scopus, Web of Science, Google Scholar and Psycinfo databases. Forty-six articles were included in the literature synthesis. Psychological resilience is a fundamental variable for reducing and preventing the negative psychological effects of the pandemic and is associated with lower levels of depression, anxiety and burnout. At the individual and organizational level, resilience plays a crucial role in enhancing wellbeing in healthcare and non-healthcare workers. Connected to resilience, adaptive coping strategies are essential for managing the emergency and work-related stress. Several positive factors influencing resilience have been highlighted in the development of PTG. At the same time, high levels of resilience and positive coping strategies can enhance personal growth. Considering the possible long-term coexistence and consequences of COVID-19, organizational interventions should aim to improve workers’ adaptive coping skills, resilience and PTG in order to promote wellbeing.
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spelling pubmed-84680982021-09-27 Resilience, Coping Strategies and Posttraumatic Growth in the Workplace Following COVID-19: A Narrative Review on the Positive Aspects of Trauma Finstad, Georgia Libera Giorgi, Gabriele Lulli, Lucrezia Ginevra Pandolfi, Caterina Foti, Giulia León-Perez, José M. Cantero-Sánchez, Francisco J. Mucci, Nicola Int J Environ Res Public Health Review The COVID-19 pandemic represents a traumatic event that has profoundly changed working conditions with detrimental consequences for workers’ health, in particular for the healthcare population directly involved in addressing the emergency. Nevertheless, previous research has demonstrated that traumatic experiences can also lead to positive reactions, stimulating resilience and feelings of growth. The aim of this narrative review is to investigate the positive aspects associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and the possible health prevention and promotion strategies by analyzing the available scientific evidence. In particular, we focus on the constructs of resilience, coping strategies and posttraumatic growth (PTG). A literature search was performed on the PubMed, EMBASE, Scopus, Web of Science, Google Scholar and Psycinfo databases. Forty-six articles were included in the literature synthesis. Psychological resilience is a fundamental variable for reducing and preventing the negative psychological effects of the pandemic and is associated with lower levels of depression, anxiety and burnout. At the individual and organizational level, resilience plays a crucial role in enhancing wellbeing in healthcare and non-healthcare workers. Connected to resilience, adaptive coping strategies are essential for managing the emergency and work-related stress. Several positive factors influencing resilience have been highlighted in the development of PTG. At the same time, high levels of resilience and positive coping strategies can enhance personal growth. Considering the possible long-term coexistence and consequences of COVID-19, organizational interventions should aim to improve workers’ adaptive coping skills, resilience and PTG in order to promote wellbeing. MDPI 2021-09-08 /pmc/articles/PMC8468098/ /pubmed/34574378 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189453 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Finstad, Georgia Libera
Giorgi, Gabriele
Lulli, Lucrezia Ginevra
Pandolfi, Caterina
Foti, Giulia
León-Perez, José M.
Cantero-Sánchez, Francisco J.
Mucci, Nicola
Resilience, Coping Strategies and Posttraumatic Growth in the Workplace Following COVID-19: A Narrative Review on the Positive Aspects of Trauma
title Resilience, Coping Strategies and Posttraumatic Growth in the Workplace Following COVID-19: A Narrative Review on the Positive Aspects of Trauma
title_full Resilience, Coping Strategies and Posttraumatic Growth in the Workplace Following COVID-19: A Narrative Review on the Positive Aspects of Trauma
title_fullStr Resilience, Coping Strategies and Posttraumatic Growth in the Workplace Following COVID-19: A Narrative Review on the Positive Aspects of Trauma
title_full_unstemmed Resilience, Coping Strategies and Posttraumatic Growth in the Workplace Following COVID-19: A Narrative Review on the Positive Aspects of Trauma
title_short Resilience, Coping Strategies and Posttraumatic Growth in the Workplace Following COVID-19: A Narrative Review on the Positive Aspects of Trauma
title_sort resilience, coping strategies and posttraumatic growth in the workplace following covid-19: a narrative review on the positive aspects of trauma
topic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8468098/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34574378
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189453
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