The Covid19 Taskforce members are carrying out a number of studies in partnership with International Institutions and colleagues. Besides, the group is also monitoring relevant initiatives of international psychology to help understanding the way pandemic is affecting mankind. Here, you find a list of the current projects that will allow you to find information and opportunities to establish collaborations.

Short description Method Participants Context/place Outcomes/publications Partnerships contact info/webpage
A diary study with university students, coordinated by Pina Marsico, University of Salerno, Italy, focused on the peculiar practice of using the home balconies in Italy as a public space in which people organize flash mobs and collective actions during the quarantine, like singing or performing together Diary study South Italy gmarsico@unisa.it; https://sites.google.com/unisa.it/gris
It is a longitudinal study carried out in Estonia, Italy and Brazil. The participants (mainly university students) are asked to fill out a questionnaire every time when she/he experiences something relevant regarding her/his social and emotional life. Semistructured-questionnaire University students of psychology Different cuntries PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR Katrin Kullasep – Tallin University; CO-PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS Pina Marsico – Università di Salerno – gmarsico@unisa.it, Virginia Dazzani – Univeristà Federale da Bahia Joao Perayana – UFB Salvador gmarsico@unisa.it; https://sites.google.com/unisa.it/gris
The study is based on an on-line survey available in different languages and tries to capture different psychological dimensions. online survey General public Different countries coordinated by Raffaele De Luca Picione, University Giustino Fortunato, Italy, and Luca Tateo, University of Oslo, Norway. The study involves 12 universities worldwide
An online quasi-experimental study about the use of facial masks as a meaning-making layer of the body in relation to the construction of the self/other relationships during the pandemic. online survey and open ended questions Univeristy students and senior scholars Norway, Italy, Brazil, AUstralia 1 article submitted to Culture& Psychology, 1 presentation at APA seminar coordinated by Luca Tateo lucatateogmail.com
Two-wave study of subjective well-being of academicians from India, United Kingdom and the United States Online surveys Academicians India, UK, and US Angel Urbina-Garcia, PhD, Laura Dryjanska, PhD, Gihane Jérémie-Brink, PhD, & Richa Gupta, PhD laura.dryjanska@biola.edu
A diary study involving 95 adults from different countries about the everyday experience of dealing with the pandemic. Personal diaries are being collected over 8 weeks to study how people make sense of the quarantine, deal with anxiety and fear and find their ways through the exceptional situation. Diary study General public Different countries, from Italy, China, Denmark, Australia, Brazil and the USA coordinated by Luca Tateo, Paul Rhodes and Jesse Ruse, University of Sydney lucatateogmail.com
Administrative Offices United States https://www.hopi-nsn.gov/contact/
Online research study of corporate employees pan-India, who are working from home. Variables of study include: Stress Overload, Coping mechanisms, Contextual factors associated with WFH, and Perceived organizational support during the pandemic Online surveys Employees in the Indian corporate sector, currently working from home India Principal Investigator – Richa Khanna, Ph.D. rk9r7@mail.umkc.edu
survey of parents in low income neighborhoods of Islamabad, Haiti and Hondorous local collaborators are gathering data Pakistan, Haiti, Togo, Hondorous sherrydingman@gmail.com
Psychologists and psychology students at any university in the world may contribute to this crowd-sourced data collection project (even if not a member of Psi Chi). Research material, methods, IRB application help provided. Collaborators have opportunity for authorship on initial manuscript and access to dataset for other publications. The nature of this project is to determine how Personal Need for Structure (PNFS) relates to perceptions, behaviors, and coping responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. https://osf.io/gdske/ global global pre-registered hypotheses on OSF https://www.psichi.org/page/Res_Opps#.X0PYi8hKhaQ nicechair@psichi.org
Qualitative feedback from COVID-19 tested patients who were in quarantine for 14 days regarding an online MH support service. qualitative data COVID-19 patients tested and in quarantine Lebanon
This multinational study aims to understand which are the best coping strategies with the current coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. COVID-19 has intensified our mental health crisis. Our current public health system and resources are not equipped to cope with the enormous threats from this pandemic. The medical model of focusing on addressing mental illnesses is no longer enough. Existential positive psychology (e.g. Wong, 2019 CPQ editorial) advocates a novel positive approach to buffer against this evolving and invisible enemy. We propose a “psychological vaccine” developed from Frankl’s (Man’s Quest for Meaning) survival of Nazi concentration camp and Wong’s survival from lifelong suffering (Wong, 2020 Why and how I develop the positive psychology of suffering.) The ingredients of the vaccine include meaning, responsibility, courage, tragic optimism, existential coping, and mature happiness. Online survey. General public Spain, Italy, Portugal, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia, Sweden, Poland, Russia, Turkey, Lebanon, Algeria, Egypt, Nigeria, India, Pakistan, Thailand, Bangladesh, Indonesia, New Zealand, Canada, United States, Mexico, Colombia and Brazil.