Background: The pandemic caused by COVID-19 has meant for spanish citizens a constant adaptation to health measures in order to try to stop transmission of the virus. During this adaptation process, different psychosocial aspects have caused consequences for people?s mental health to a greater or lesser extent. Makes sense of an emotional torrent who has gone through fear, anxiety, loneliness and anger. The interaction between perception and reality has given rise to situations where loneliness and social isolation have been imposed and lived with a load of emotional discomfort. In others, social isolation and measures to stop the pandemic have been accepted as a protection system and has been experienced since serenity and the feeling of self-protection fostering individual resilience. Studying the predictors of resilience is going to be key since it is the ideal antidote to stop the appearance of mental disorders associated with the pandemic (such as depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress, social phobia, cleaning obsessions, and generalized anxiety disorder). The objective of this research is to analyze the relationship between resilience and experiential COVID-19 factors. Methods: Sample was comprised of Spanish adults (n = 1000; age 18-79 [mean =40.43],793 female, 201 male, and 2 non binary sex). These people participating in an online study focused on the impact of COVID-19 experiences. The research has been cross-sectional, descriptive and correlational design. The instrument created for this research was a specific online questionnaire, including the “Scale of resilience” (RS, Wagnild & Young, 1993, Spanish version, Sánchez-Teruel, et al., 2015). That questionnaire has been administered during the months of April 2022 to July 2022. Results: The results obtained show how people who have been able to face the pandemic in a responsive and adaptive way have high resilience. Specifically, those participants that accepting the use of masks, vaccinations and confinement obtained high resilience. Conclusions: Using public funding and allocating research to the development of programs to promote resilience, adaptative beliefs and prosocial behaviors becomes basic to live in a world in constant change.

The pandemic caused by COVID-19 has meant for citizens a constant adaptation to health measures in order to try to stop transmission of the virus. During this adaptation process, different psychosocial aspects have caused consequences for people’s mental health to a greater or lesser extent. The objective of this research is to analyze the relationship between resilience and experiential COVID-19 factors. Sample was comprised of Spanish adults (n = 1000; age 18–79 [mean = 40.43],793 female, 201 male, and 2 non binary sex). These people participating in an online sub-study focused on the impact of COVID-19 experiences. The research has been cross-sectional, descriptive and correlational design. The instrument created for this research was a specific online questionnaire, including the “Scale of satisfaction with life” (SWLS, Diener et al., 1985, Spanish version, Atienza, et al., 2000) and “Scale of resilience” (RS, Wagnild & Young, 1993, Spanish version, Sánchez-Teruel, et al., 2015). The results obtained show how people who have been able to face the pandemic in a responsive and adaptive way have high resilience. Specifically, those participants that accepting the use of masks, vaccinations and confinement obtained high resilience. Using public funding and allocating research to the development of programs to promote resilience, adaptative beliefs and prosocial behaviors becomes basic to live in a world in constant change.

Introduction: The pandemic has caused an indisputable level of global suffering, with drastic changes in the daily lives of citizens. Aim: To describe the sociodemographic characteristics and degree of resilience in a sample of COVID‐19 vaccine acceptors versus a sample of vaccine refusers. Method: A descriptive design was used. The sample comprised 793 women and 207 men ( n = 1.000; age 18–79 [mean = 40.43]). The study variables were sociodemographic variables; work‐related variables, such as working or not in a health centre; loss of loved ones in the health crisis; levels of resilience; and pro‐vaccine beliefs. The instruments used were the Resilience Scale and a set of ad hoc questions created to obtain specific information on beliefs regarding the vaccine and sociodemographic factors. Results: Individuals with low resilience (92%–98%) and those with high resilience (87%–92%) chose to be vaccinated two or more times. The distribution of variables with the highest frequency of vaccination was in participants over 50 years, with no difference between the genders. A higher vaccination rate has been observed in medium‐sized cities (more than 90% who have decided to get vaccinated (two or more vaccines). The highest scores in the acceptance of vaccination are related to belief in the obligation of mass vaccination and working in a health centre (both workers with low and high resilience, more than 95% have received two or more vaccines). Conclusions: Great sociodemographic variability was shown in the distribution of vaccines and the importance of analysing the cognitive variables involved in the acceptance of vaccines to increase the population’s adherence to vaccination campaigns. Beliefs regarding vaccination were seen as an indispensable element when considering raising the population’s awareness of vaccination. The global priority must be develop strategies that increase the credibility of health policies, with rigorous and scientific information to increase vaccination.

Background: self-perception of mental health is an especially interesting psychological construct that varies across people. The aim of the present study was to explore the effects on self-perception of mental health of the variable of sex, resilience and COVID-19 experiential variables. The method to this end, we assessed a sample of Spanish adults (n = 1.000; age 18–79; mean =40.43, 793 women, 207 men). An ad hoc questionnaire and the resilience scale were used to assess sociodemographic, COVID-19 experiential and psychological variables. The results revealed significant differences in self-perception of mental health. Low resilience, having lost a loved one from COVID-19 and being a woman were found to increase the likelihood of reporting poorer mental health by 51%, 58% and 53%, respectively. Additionally, the results of the mediation model showed that being a woman and having poorer self-perceived mental health were moderated by the level of resilience. In conclusion, this study provides important data on protective factors against adversity, such as resilience, and on the impact of sex during the Pandemic.