2023
Schneider, Verena; Duden, Gesa; Landmann, Helen; Rohmann, Anette
“If you know from the start ‘how long’, then you can always adjust to it better”: a qualitative study of adults’ experiences and coping with two years COVID-19 pandemic in Germany. Journal Article Forthcoming
In: Current Psychology, Forthcoming.
Links | Tags: connectedness, loneliness
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2022
Landmann, Helen; Rohmann, Anette
In: Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 2022.
Abstract | Links | Tags: connectedness, stress, well-being
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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},
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year = {2022},
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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.},
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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.
Rohmann, Anette; Landmann, Helen
Einführung in die Community Psychology Book Chapter
In: Schütz, Astrid; Brand, Matthias; Steins-Löber, Sabine (Ed.): Psychologie, 6, 2022, ISBN: 978-3-17-041364-1.
Links | Tags: connectedness, context
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