This paper presents the development and the initial validation of a self-report questionnaire (the Facing the Pandemic Lockdown Questionnaire - FPLQ) focused on the way in which people faced the impact of the lockdown related to the Coronavirus Disease 19. 504 adults (81.55% females; M age = 32.71 years, SD = 11.19) took part to the study. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses revealed a 15-item 4-factor structure, invariant for gender and age: two dimensions related to maladaptive processes (i.e., “Perception of low social connectedness and lack of routines” and “Health worry”) and two dimensions related to adaptive processes (i.e., “Positive re-thinking” and “Perception of online social connectedness”). Further, we investigated the associations between these dimensions and measures pertaining cognitive (i.e., internal and external health locus of control), emotional (i.e., positive and negative affect), and relational (i.e., attitude and behaviors toward civic engagement) processes, also testing the moderating role of gender and age. Finally, the potential usefulness of this new tool for both extant and future psychological research was highlighted.

Facing the pandemic lockdown questionnaire - FPLQ: A brief tool to assess individual differences in front of pandemic experience / Baroncelli, Andrea; Tomberli, Lucrezia; Taddei, MariaGiulia; Ciucci, Enrica. - In: CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY. - ISSN 1936-4733. - ELETTRONICO. - 42:(2023), pp. 30635-30652. [10.1007/s12144-022-02701-2]

Facing the pandemic lockdown questionnaire - FPLQ: A brief tool to assess individual differences in front of pandemic experience

Baroncelli, Andrea
;
Tomberli, Lucrezia;Taddei, MariaGiulia;Ciucci, Enrica
2023

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This paper presents the development and the initial validation of a self-report questionnaire (the Facing the Pandemic Lockdown Questionnaire - FPLQ) focused on the way in which people faced the impact of the lockdown related to the Coronavirus Disease 19. 504 adults (81.55% females; M age = 32.71 years, SD = 11.19) took part to the study. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses revealed a 15-item 4-factor structure, invariant for gender and age: two dimensions related to maladaptive processes (i.e., “Perception of low social connectedness and lack of routines” and “Health worry”) and two dimensions related to adaptive processes (i.e., “Positive re-thinking” and “Perception of online social connectedness”). Further, we investigated the associations between these dimensions and measures pertaining cognitive (i.e., internal and external health locus of control), emotional (i.e., positive and negative affect), and relational (i.e., attitude and behaviors toward civic engagement) processes, also testing the moderating role of gender and age. Finally, the potential usefulness of this new tool for both extant and future psychological research was highlighted.
2023
42
30635
30652
Goal 3: Good health and well-being
Baroncelli, Andrea; Tomberli, Lucrezia; Taddei, MariaGiulia; Ciucci, Enrica
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