AUTHOR=Alimoradi Zainab , Soleimani Mohammad Ali , Keramtkar Maryam , Bahrami Nasim , Griffiths Mark D. 

TITLE=Communal coping and its association with marital relations and psychological outcomes among healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=13

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.936108

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2022.936108

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=<sec><title>Background</title><p>Communal coping is a type of interdependency in which couples dealing with a health threat share assessment of a threat and respond together to the stress. The present study investigated communal coping in the COVID-19 pandemic and its association with psychological and relational outcomes among healthcare professionals.</p></sec><sec><title>Methods</title><p>In the present cross-sectional survey study, 242 healthcare professionals from hospitals and health centers were recruited <italic>via</italic> convenience sampling between August and October 2020. Communal coping with working conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic, dyadic adjustment, psychological distress, and fear of COVID-19 along with demographic and professional characteristics were assessed via an online survey.</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>Multivariable linear regression showed that dyadic adjustment (β = 0.73), psychological distress (β = 0.16), fear of COVID-19 (β = 0.11), and support gap (β = −0.04) were significant independent variables associated with communal coping among healthcare professionals.</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusion</title><p>Healthcare professionals coped communally within the family in dealing with working conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dyadic adjustment was the strongest predictor of communal coping among healthcare professionals.</p></sec>