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      Positive reappraisal as a stress coping strategy during the COVID-19 pandemic Translated title: Reevaluación positiva como estrategia de afrontamiento al estrés durante la pandemia de COVID-19

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          Abstract Introduction The stress coping strategies people rely on impact their psychological well-being and may be related to the risk of developing psychopathology in the short- and long-term after an unfortunate event. Objective To define the main stress coping strategies in our region as a first step in assessing the risk of developing psychopathology derived from the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Method This is an observational, cross-sectional, analytical study that includes 396 participants over 18 years of age residents of the state of Nuevo Leon. Using an online form, the participants were asked to complete the Coping Strategies Questionnaire (CAE). Results In general, after two months of mitigation measures in Mexico, positive reappraisal was the stress coping strategy with the highest score in the population studied. We found higher scores on negative auto-focused and overt emotional expression on the comparation between sociodemographic subgroups. Discussion and conclusion The present study shows that, in our community, positive reappraisal was the stress coping strategy with the highest score. Positive reappraisal is an active form of coping associated with greater psychological well-being and fewer risk of developing psychopathology in the short and long term. Based on this, our hypothesis is that the predominant use of this strategy could translate into a higher psychological well-being during and after the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in the studied sample.

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          Resumen Introducción Las estrategias de afrontamiento al estrés utilizadas en una situación adversa afectan el bienestar psicológico y pueden influir en el riesgo de desarrollar psicopatología en el corto y largo plazo. Objetivo Definir las estrategias de afrontamiento al estrés predominantes en nuestra región como primer paso en la valoración del riesgo de desarrollar psicopatología derivada de la pandemia por SARS-CoV-2. Método Este es un estudio observacional, transversal y analítico, para el cual se reclutó a 396 personas mayores de 18 años, residentes del estado de Nuevo León. Mediante un formulario en línea se pidió a los participantes contestar el Cuestionario de Afrontamiento del Estrés (CAE). Resultados De forma general, después de dos meses de medidas de mitigación del brote en México, la reevaluación positiva fue la estrategia de afrontamiento al estrés con mayor puntaje en la población estudiada. Encontramos mayores puntajes de autofocalización negativa y expresión emocional abierta en la comparación entre subgrupos sociodemográficos. Discusión y conclusión El presente estudio muestra que, en nuestra comunidad, la reevaluación positiva fue la estrategia de afrontamiento al estrés con el mayor puntaje. La reevaluación positiva es una forma activa de afrontamiento asociada a mayor bienestar psicológico y menor riesgo de desarrollar psicopatología a corto y largo plazo. Basado en esto, nuestra hipótesis es que el uso predominante de esta estrategia pudiera traducirse en mayor bienestar psicológico durante y posterior a la pandemia por SARS-CoV-2 en la muestra estudiada.

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              An acute respiratory disease, caused by a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2, previously known as 2019-nCoV), the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread throughout China and received worldwide attention. On 30 January 2020, World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared the COVID-19 epidemic as a public health emergency of international concern. The emergence of SARS-CoV-2, since the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) in 2002 and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in 2012, marked the third introduction of a highly pathogenic and large-scale epidemic coronavirus into the human population in the twenty-first century. As of 1 March 2020, a total of 87,137 confirmed cases globally, 79,968 confirmed in China and 7169 outside of China, with 2977 deaths (3.4%) had been reported by WHO. Meanwhile, several independent research groups have identified that SARS-CoV-2 belongs to β-coronavirus, with highly identical genome to bat coronavirus, pointing to bat as the natural host. The novel coronavirus uses the same receptor, angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) as that for SARS-CoV, and mainly spreads through the respiratory tract. Importantly, increasingly evidence showed sustained human-to-human transmission, along with many exported cases across the globe. The clinical symptoms of COVID-19 patients include fever, cough, fatigue and a small population of patients appeared gastrointestinal infection symptoms. The elderly and people with underlying diseases are susceptible to infection and prone to serious outcomes, which may be associated with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and cytokine storm. Currently, there are few specific antiviral strategies, but several potent candidates of antivirals and repurposed drugs are under urgent investigation. In this review, we summarized the latest research progress of the epidemiology, pathogenesis, and clinical characteristics of COVID-19, and discussed the current treatment and scientific advancements to combat the epidemic novel coronavirus.
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                Salud mental
                Salud Ment
                Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz (México, DF, Mexico )
                0185-3325
                August 2021
                : 44
                : 4
                : 177-184
                Affiliations
                [1] Monterrey orgnameUniversidad Autónoma de Nuevo León orgdiv1Facultad de Medicina orgdiv2Departamento de Psiquiatría Mexico
                Article
                S0185-33252021000400177 S0185-3325(21)04400400177
                10.17711/sm.0185-3325.2021.023
                6640fec7-b491-4943-8d11-0d8b77cecfe7

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                : 29 September 2020
                : 11 January 2021
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                positive reappraisal,psychological adaptation,Psychological stress,adaptación psicológica,Estrés psicológico,afrontamiento,COVID-19,reevaluación positiva,Cuestionario de Afrontamiento del Estrés,coping,Coping Strategies Questionnaire

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