The role of social connection on the experience of COVID-19 related post-traumatic growth and stress.
Marcela MatosKirsten McEwanMartin KanovskýJúlia HalamováStanley R SteindlNuno FerreiraMariana LinharelhosDaniel RijoKenichi AsanoSara P VilasMargarita G MárquezSónia GregórioGonzalo Brito-PonsPaola Lucena-SantosMargareth da Silva OliveiraErika Leonardo de SouzaLorena LlobenesNatali GumiyMaria Ileana CostaNoor HabibReham HakemHussain KhradAhmad AlzahraniSimone CheliNicola PetrocchiElli TholouliPhilia IssariGregoris SimosVibeke Lunding-GregersenAsk ElklitRussell KoltsAllison C KellyCatherine BortolonPascal DelamillieureMarine PaucsikJulia E WahlMariusz ZiebaMateusz ZatorskiTomasz KomendzińskiShuge ZhangJaskaran BasranAntonios KagialisJames KirbyPaul GilbertPublished in: PloS one (2021)
Social connection is key to how people adapt and cope with the worldwide COVID-19 crisis and may facilitate post-traumatic growth in the context of the threat experienced during the pandemic. In contrast, social disconnection increases vulnerability to develop post-traumatic stress in this threatening context. Public health and Government organizations could implement interventions to foster compassion and feelings of social safeness and reduce experiences of social disconnection, thus promoting growth, resilience and mental wellbeing during and following the pandemic.