Dr. Helen Landmann

@article{Landmann2021b,

title = {Group-specific Contact and Sense of Connectedness During the COVID-19 Pandemic and its Associations with Psychological Well-being, Perceived Stress, and Work-Life Balance},

author = {Helen Landmann and Anette Rohmann},

doi = {10.1002/casp.2564 },

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-07-09},

urldate = {2021-07-09},

journal = {Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology},

abstract = {Theories of social cure, sense of community, and social identity suggest that feelings of connectedness affect how we have coped with the COVID-19 pandemic. Although people can feel connected to a variety of different groups, such as their family, friends, co-workers, neighbours, nation, or all humanity, previous research has focused on connectedness to only a subset of these groups. To examine the relative importance of connectedness to and contact with specific groups for well-being, stress, and work-life balance during the pandemic, we conducted a longitudinal experience sampling study (N = 578) during the first 8 weeks of the Spring 2020 COVID-19 lockdown in Germany. Feeling connected to family members most strongly predicted psychological well-being (positively) and perceived stress (negatively) during the lockdown, followed by a sense of connectedness with friends and neighbours. Sense of connectedness to other groups did not predict well-being, stress, or work-life balance when controlling for the respective other groups. Hence, it not only matters whether or not a person feels connected to a group but also to which specific group he or she feels connected.},

keywords = {connectednessCovid-19, contact between groups, Corona, COVID‐19; experience sampling; sense of community; sense of social identity;  work‐life balance, Emotion, stress, well-being},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}