@ARTICLE{Lelek-Kratiuk_Marzena_COVID-19_2021,
 author={Lelek-Kratiuk, Marzena and Szczygieł, Monika},
 volume={vol. 52},
 number={No 2},
 pages={139-146},
 journal={Polish Psychological Bulletin},
 howpublished={online},
 year={2021},
 publisher={Committee for Psychological Science PAS},
 abstract={Little is known as to what extent the pandemic lockdown has changed the perceived level of stress and stress- coping strategies. In response to this gap we present the results of quantitative and qualitative studies on stress levels and coping with stress conducted among Polish adults during the COVID-19 lockdown. The first study indicates that the lockdown has changed stress appraisal moderately, and it has also affected stress-coping strategies in various areas. The second study reveals miscellaneous reasons for stress appraisal (health, economic, political, social, freedom restriction, and religious). Participants perceived pandemic and lockdown as a moderate stressor, more as a challenge than a threat. Moreover the avoidant style recognized as the most adaptive reaction on stress in our study, confirms that people have a natural ability to adapt to unpredictable and unexpected situations like COVID-19 lockdown.},
 type={Article},
 title={COVID-19 Lockdown as an Atypical Stressful Situation and Ways of Coping with It},
 URL={http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/120405/PDF/2021-02-PPB-02-Lelek-Kratiuk.pdf},
 doi={10.24425/ppb.2021.137256},
 keywords={stress appraisal, stress coping, COVID-19, lockdown, adults},
}