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Stress Perception and Coping Strategies of Students on Both Sides of the EU’s Eastern Border during the COVID-19 Pandemic

The aim of the study was to compare the perception of stress and the characteristic coping-strategies among students in the context of the different anti-pandemic measures taken in Belarus, Poland, and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. A cross-sectional online survey using standardized questionnai...

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Autores principales: Shpakou, Andrei, Krajewska-Kułak, Elżbieta, Cybulski, Mateusz, Seredocha, Izabela, Tałaj, Anna, Andryszczyk, Małgorzata, Kleszczewska, Ewa, Szafranek, Anna, Modzelewska, Beata, Naumau, Ihar A., Tarasov, Andrei, Perminova, Ludmila, Modzelewski, Rafał
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9408076/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36011911
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191610275
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author Shpakou, Andrei
Krajewska-Kułak, Elżbieta
Cybulski, Mateusz
Seredocha, Izabela
Tałaj, Anna
Andryszczyk, Małgorzata
Kleszczewska, Ewa
Szafranek, Anna
Modzelewska, Beata
Naumau, Ihar A.
Tarasov, Andrei
Perminova, Ludmila
Modzelewski, Rafał
author_facet Shpakou, Andrei
Krajewska-Kułak, Elżbieta
Cybulski, Mateusz
Seredocha, Izabela
Tałaj, Anna
Andryszczyk, Małgorzata
Kleszczewska, Ewa
Szafranek, Anna
Modzelewska, Beata
Naumau, Ihar A.
Tarasov, Andrei
Perminova, Ludmila
Modzelewski, Rafał
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description The aim of the study was to compare the perception of stress and the characteristic coping-strategies among students in the context of the different anti-pandemic measures taken in Belarus, Poland, and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. A cross-sectional online survey using standardized questionnaires (Perceived Stress Scale—PSS-10 and Brief-COPE—Mini-COPE inventory) was conducted among 3113 students of seven universities in three neighboring regions on both sides of the eastern border of the EU. The groups that are the most prone to stress are the Polish and Russians students. Among the students from Belarus, 122 (13.7%) have high levels of stress symptoms. Among the respondents from Poland—238 (19.4%), and 191 (19.2%) from Kaliningrad have high levels of stress, respectively. The different approaches of the authorities to the COVID-19 pandemic diversified the choice of students’ stress coping strategies. The behavior of the students from Kaliningrad and Poland was similar. The Belarusian students used active coping strategies less often, while an avoidance-focused style, and denial were more frequent. The neglect of restrictive anti-pandemic measures by the Belarusian students was manifested by a higher incidence of disease and minimal use of vaccinations.
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spelling pubmed-94080762022-08-26 Stress Perception and Coping Strategies of Students on Both Sides of the EU’s Eastern Border during the COVID-19 Pandemic Shpakou, Andrei Krajewska-Kułak, Elżbieta Cybulski, Mateusz Seredocha, Izabela Tałaj, Anna Andryszczyk, Małgorzata Kleszczewska, Ewa Szafranek, Anna Modzelewska, Beata Naumau, Ihar A. Tarasov, Andrei Perminova, Ludmila Modzelewski, Rafał Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The aim of the study was to compare the perception of stress and the characteristic coping-strategies among students in the context of the different anti-pandemic measures taken in Belarus, Poland, and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. A cross-sectional online survey using standardized questionnaires (Perceived Stress Scale—PSS-10 and Brief-COPE—Mini-COPE inventory) was conducted among 3113 students of seven universities in three neighboring regions on both sides of the eastern border of the EU. The groups that are the most prone to stress are the Polish and Russians students. Among the students from Belarus, 122 (13.7%) have high levels of stress symptoms. Among the respondents from Poland—238 (19.4%), and 191 (19.2%) from Kaliningrad have high levels of stress, respectively. The different approaches of the authorities to the COVID-19 pandemic diversified the choice of students’ stress coping strategies. The behavior of the students from Kaliningrad and Poland was similar. The Belarusian students used active coping strategies less often, while an avoidance-focused style, and denial were more frequent. The neglect of restrictive anti-pandemic measures by the Belarusian students was manifested by a higher incidence of disease and minimal use of vaccinations. MDPI 2022-08-18 /pmc/articles/PMC9408076/ /pubmed/36011911 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191610275 Text en © 2022 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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Krajewska-Kułak, Elżbieta
Cybulski, Mateusz
Seredocha, Izabela
Tałaj, Anna
Andryszczyk, Małgorzata
Kleszczewska, Ewa
Szafranek, Anna
Modzelewska, Beata
Naumau, Ihar A.
Tarasov, Andrei
Perminova, Ludmila
Modzelewski, Rafał
Stress Perception and Coping Strategies of Students on Both Sides of the EU’s Eastern Border during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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title_short Stress Perception and Coping Strategies of Students on Both Sides of the EU’s Eastern Border during the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_sort stress perception and coping strategies of students on both sides of the eu’s eastern border during the covid-19 pandemic
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9408076/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36011911
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191610275
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