@article{,
    author = {Saalwirth, Christina; Leipold, Bernhard},
    title = {Well-being and sleep in stressful times of the COVID-19 pandemic: Relations to worrying and different coping strategies},
    editor = {},
    booktitle = {},
    series = {},
    journal = {Stress and Health},
    address = {},
    publisher = {},
    edition = {},
    year = {2021},
    isbn = {},
    volume = {37},
    number =  {5},
    pages = {973-985},
    url = {https://doi.org/10.1002/smi.3057},
    doi = {10.1002/smi.3057},
    keywords = {},
    abstract = {The present study examined the relationships between emotional well-being (positive and negative affect), sleep-related variables (sleep quality, sleep duration, and change in sleep quality and duration compared to weeks before lockdown), and worrying about coronavirus disease (COVID-19) challenges during the beginning of the outbreak in Europe. In addition, four different coping strategies were investigated. The study was conducted in Germany with data from 665 participants (53.8% female; 18–73 years), who completed an online questionnaire in April 2020. The results revealed that COVID-19 worry was associated with impaired well-being and sleep. Meaning- and problem-focused coping were the most frequently used coping strategies, and showed positive associations with well-being and sleep. Social and avoidance coping were associated with decreased well-being and worse sleep outcomes. Three coping strategies showed moderating effects. People who worried more showed higher levels of positive affect when they used problem-focused coping compared to those who did not. Similarly, highly worried participants showed lower levels of negative affect when they reported using meaning-focused coping more often. In contrast, social coping increased the risk of high negative affect levels in worried participants. In conclusion, problem-focused and meaning-focused coping strategies seemed to be most effective in coping with COVID-19 challenges.},
    note = {},
    institution = {Universität der Bundeswehr München, Fakultät für Humanwissenschaften, HUM 7 - Institut für Psychologie, Professur: Leipold, Bernhard},
    
    
}