Coping Strategies and Coronavirus Pandemic in Arabic Society
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The present study aimed to determine the levels of daily coping strategies during the coronavirus pandemic in Arab society. It also aimed to determine gender differences by, and differences between married and unmarried people regarding these strategies. This descriptive study relied on the social survey method, whereby the participants were chosen by the snowball sampling method. It consisted of 303 participants, ranging in age from 13 to 81 years old. The study found that 62.34% abided by the instructions and precautionary measures, 71.03% adhered to religious aspects, and 43.7% abided by social distancing rules. Females excelled in complying with the strategies of praying and avoiding hand-shaking, and also the strategies about going to mosques, social distancing and avoiding crowded places. The results showed a negative correlation between age and staying at home. Based on this, the study recommended that necessity the availability of factors that help to cope with the situation during the second wave of the novel coronavirus is necessary. These are factors such as, perceived stress versus coping strategies, unhealthy behaviors versus undistorted perceptions of the situation, decreased freedom versus receiving good psychosocial support, low resistance versus clear communication with oneself, and a feeling of insecurity versus communicating with God. The study also recommended that this should be done while, working on media awareness campaigns directed at the role of policemen and security and medical personnel, renouncing violence, and facilitate more appropriate behavior.
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Coping strategies, COVID-19 Pandemic, Security Studies, Corona virus pandemic, Arabic society
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