TY - JOUR
T1 - COVID-19 vs. terrorism
T2 - Contribution of the COR theory to the process of coping with invisible threats
AU - Shelef, Leah
AU - Schiff, Miriam
AU - Pat-Horenczyk, Ruth
AU - Dekel, Rachel
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022
PY - 2022/3
Y1 - 2022/3
N2 - Two years have passed since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The entire world is still struggling with the virus and its mutations, and governments have been imposing various restrictions, including social distancing and quarantine. This paper leans on the Conservation of Resources (COR) theoretical model in comparing the impact of COVID-19 with that of an ongoing threat of terror attacks, allowing us to understand the similarities and differences between them. Such exploration could result in an understanding that may guide devising psycho-social interventions to minimize the negative psychological consequences of a continuous life-threatening situation. By applying the extensive available literature on the aftermath of terrorist attacks to the little-known long-run consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, this paper comes up with several guidelines such as increasing online social support and enhancing adaptive coping with stress, that are applicable on the individual, community, and societal levels.
AB - Two years have passed since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The entire world is still struggling with the virus and its mutations, and governments have been imposing various restrictions, including social distancing and quarantine. This paper leans on the Conservation of Resources (COR) theoretical model in comparing the impact of COVID-19 with that of an ongoing threat of terror attacks, allowing us to understand the similarities and differences between them. Such exploration could result in an understanding that may guide devising psycho-social interventions to minimize the negative psychological consequences of a continuous life-threatening situation. By applying the extensive available literature on the aftermath of terrorist attacks to the little-known long-run consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, this paper comes up with several guidelines such as increasing online social support and enhancing adaptive coping with stress, that are applicable on the individual, community, and societal levels.
KW - COVID-19
KW - Conservation of resources (COR) theory
KW - Stress
KW - Terror attack
KW - Trauma
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85123003612&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.01.023
DO - 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.01.023
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C2 - 35051716
AN - SCOPUS:85123003612
SN - 0022-3956
VL - 147
SP - 176
EP - 182
JO - Journal of Psychiatric Research
JF - Journal of Psychiatric Research
ER -