TY - JOUR AU - Couto, Ricardo Neves AU - Fonsêca, Patricia Nunes da AU - Castro, Jefferson Luiz de Cerqueira AU - Guimarães, Clara Lohana Cardoso AU - Medeiros, Emerson Diógenes de PY - 2022/07/26 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Coping Strategies Adopted by Health Professionals during the COVID-19 Pandemic JF - Actualidades en Psicología JA - AP VL - 36 IS - 133 SE - Articles DO - 10.15517/ap.v36i133.43470 UR - https://www.revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/actualidades/article/view/43470 SP - 1-12 AB - <p><em>Objective.</em> The objective was to know the coping strategies adopted by health professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic. <em>Method.</em> This was an exploratory research. The participants were 155 health professionals (female 68.2, male 31.8) from northeastern Brazil, mostly from Piauí (39.1%) and Ceará (22.5%), and a mean age of 33.26 years (SD = 7.94). <em>Results.</em> Through a Descending Hierarchical Classification (CHD), the main corpus was divided into two branches: Class 1: Socio-emotional support and spirituality, and Class 2: Entertainment activities, showing that professionals used coping strategies with a focus on the problem and emotion. They pointed out the importance of social contact, spirituality, and entertainment for emotional well-being.</p> ER -