Table 1.
Concerns and coping mechanisms reported by the participants during the first COVID-19 lockdown in Portugal.
| Concern/coping mechanism | Number of statements |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Concerns |
Coping mechanisms |
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| Early phase | Late phase | Early phase | Late phase | |
| Emotions | ||||
| Negative emotions | 190 | 63 | ||
| Positive emotions | 68 | 25 | ||
| Perceiving/experiencing crisis | ||||
| Perceiving vulnerabilities in oneself/others | 106 | 59 | ||
| Perceiving a challenge for society | 86 | 30 | ||
| Perceiving privileges for oneself | 31 | 8 | ||
| Practices | ||||
| Changing practices | 67 | 34 | ||
| Supporting practices | 35 | 11 | ||
| Protecting practices | 6 | 5 | ||
| Maintaining routines | 7 | 10 | ||
| Relationship to institutions | ||||
| Self-compliance with government measures | 407 | 224 | ||
| Trust towards institutions | 15 | 19 | ||
| Others are not complying with government measures | 70 | 39 | ||
| Criticising/doubts/sceptic towards government policy | 62 | 43 | ||
| Efficiency and reliability of the healthcare system | 44 | 13 | ||