Dr. Mubashir Gull, Prof. Akbar Husain

Volume 7 Issue 1 | Jun 2024

DOI: 10.31841/KJSSH-7.1-2024-72

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Abstract

The COVID-19 outbreak significantly impacted every aspect of life. It disrupted day-to-day activities, including social interactions, education, health, employment, safety, nutrition, politics, and economic activities. This disruption had a severe impact on individuals’ well-being. This study examined how people used different coping strategies to enhance their well-being. Bibliometric mapping was carried out for this investigation, and the data was retrieved from the SCOPUS database. This database was chosen due to its wide use in social sciences and humanities. We searched the Scopus electronic database for literature published until December 2022 to find relevant studies. A total of 5767 documents were found to be relevant to the theme undertaken for the study. Different coping strategies, such as being grateful to others and God, cultivating spiritual values (i.e., compassion, honesty), maintaining calmness and self-control through equanimity, preparing a gratitude journal, having hope and existential thinking, finding inspiration from cetaceans, managing stress through breathing, strength, and serenity, practising walking meditation, and fostering global togetherness, played a buffering role against stressors and stressful reactions during the COVID-19 pandemic. By practising these psychosocial and spiritual strategies, individuals improved their well-being even during the challenging period of the pandemic, lockdowns, and economic crisis.
Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic, Coping Strategies, Managing Stress, Traumatic Events