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Fluctuations in National Resilience during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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  • Shaul Kimhi

    (Stress and Resilience Research Center, Tel-Hai College, Northern Galilee 122800, Israel)

  • Yohanan Eshel

    (Stress and Resilience Research Center, Tel-Hai College, Northern Galilee 122800, Israel
    Department of Psychology, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel)

  • Hadas Marciano

    (Stress and Resilience Research Center, Tel-Hai College, Northern Galilee 122800, Israel
    Ergonomics and Human Factors Unit, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel)

  • Bruria Adini

    (Department of Emergency and Disaster Management, School of Public Health, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6139001, Israel)

Abstract

The current study measured national resilience (NR) in three different time frames during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in Israel ( N = 804). We investigated two main issues: first, the direction and extent of NR changes during the crisis, and second, the predictors of NR. The results show the following: (a) the average NR score declined significantly across the three repeated measures, with a medium-size effect. (b) Three of the four identified NR factors declined significantly across the three measurements: belief in the government and the prime minister (large effect size); belief in civil society; and patriotism (medium effect size); while trust in Israeli national institutions was the lowest and did not weaken significantly. (c) Analyzing the prediction of NR factors indicated that the levels of the three NR factors mainly reflected one’s political attitudes, sense of political and economic threats, rather than health threats. One conclusion concerns the importance of trust in leadership as the most sensitive component in the decline of national resilience following a crisis.

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  • Shaul Kimhi & Yohanan Eshel & Hadas Marciano & Bruria Adini, 2021. "Fluctuations in National Resilience during the COVID-19 Pandemic," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(8), pages 1-11, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:8:p:3876-:d:531626
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    1. Shaul Kimhi & Yohanan Eshel & Hadas Marciano & Bruria Adini, 2020. "Distress and Resilience in the Days of COVID-19: Comparing Two Ethnicities," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(11), pages 1-11, June.
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