The prediction of the psychological burden of Corona-virus on women in the family during the quarantine: The role of problem-solving styles and psychological capital

This study was aimed to study the role of problem solving styles and psychological capital in perceived stress caused by Coronavirus among the women of family.

The research method was descriptive-correlational, and from the statistical population of women in Bandar Abbas, 155 women participated in the study as a sample by using the convenience sampling method. The data were collected using the Cassidy and Lang (1996) Problem Solving Styles Questionnaire, gLuten & Avolio (2007) Psychological Capital, and Cohen, Kamarck, & Mermelstein (1983) Perceived Stress. Pearson correlation coefficient and stepwise regression analysis were used to analyze the data.

There was a positive correlation between the problem-solving styles of helplessness, avoidance, and tendency, and perceived stress, and there was a significant negative correlation between the problem-solving styles of inhibition, creativity, and trust and the perceived stress (p = 0.01). Also, there is a significant correlation between self-efficacy and resilience subscales and perceived stress (p = 0.01). And there is a significant correlation between the total score of psychological capital and the subscales of hope and optimism and perceived stress (p = 0.05). The stepwise regression coefficients showed that inhibition style with a beta coefficient (β = 0.27), creativity style with a beta coefficient (β = 0.24), self-efficacy psychological capital with a beta coefficient (β = 0.20), psychological capital Resilience with a beta coefficient (β = 0.19), and psychological capital of optimism with a beta coefficient (β = 0.17) were able to predict the perceived stress of coronavirus in women.

According to the findings of the study, it seems that the use of emotion regulation strategies and having a sense of meaning in life can reduce the severity of the psychological burden in stressful situations.