{"id":274,"date":"2020-07-21T23:11:04","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T21:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/about\/"},"modified":"2023-09-15T16:14:45","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T14:14:45","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.covsocial.de\/en\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-full-stretch avia-bg-style-scroll  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-first   av-minimum-height av-minimum-height-custom  container_wrap fullsize' style='background-color: #f6f6f6; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-image: url(https:\/\/www.covsocial.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/banner-website-header.jpg);background-attachment: scroll; background-position: top center;  '  data-section-bg-repeat='stretch'><div class='container' style='height:370px'><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-274'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'><\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><div id='after_section_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap fullsize' style=' '  ><div class='container' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-274'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_three_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_two_fifth  avia-builder-el-first  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><h1 style=\"text-align: left;\">About the CovSocial Project<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Our research project was divided into two phases. The data collection for phase 1 was completed in March 2021 and for phase 2 in March 2022. Our current focus is the analyses and publication of these data. You can keep up with the latest updates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.covsocial.de\/en\/publications\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_two_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_three_fifth  el_before_av_one_full  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><div  class='avia-image-container  av-styling-    avia-builder-el-5  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  avia-align-center '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  ><div class='avia-image-container-inner'><div class='avia-image-overlay-wrap'><img class='avia_image' src='https:\/\/www.covsocial.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/rotes-logoaermchen-300x215.png' alt='' title='rotes-logoaermchen' height=\"215\" width=\"300\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_two_fifth  el_before_av_one_half  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><div  style='height:50px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-7  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_half  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_half  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><h2 id=\"longitudinal-study\">Longitudinal Study (Phase 1)<\/h2>\n<p>In the first phase, our participants (a sample of Berlin residents) completed several questionnaires around the topics of mental health, psychological resilience and social cohesion. The questions were related to general life circumstances, emotional well-being as well as daily social behaviour in the following periods:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Shortly before the corona crisis (January 2020)<\/li>\n<li>During the first most intense restrictions in Germany (mid-March to mid-April 2020)<\/li>\n<li>When the restrictions were eased (June 2020)<\/li>\n<li>During the partial lockdown (November 2020)<\/li>\n<li>During the second lockdown (December 2020)<\/li>\n<li>When the second lockdown got extended (January 2021 \u2013 March\/April 2021)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_half  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-10  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_one_full  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><p><div  class='avia-image-container  av-styling-    avia-builder-el-11  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first  avia-align-center '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  ><div class='avia-image-container-inner'><div class='avia-image-overlay-wrap'><img class='avia_image' src='https:\/\/www.covsocial.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/phase-1-en.jpg' alt='' title='phase 1 en' height=\"656\" width=\"2069\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<div  style='height:30px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-12  el_after_av_image  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>The first three timepoints were assessed retrospectively in September 2020. In addition, we collected genetic markers as part of Phase 1 to investigate whether these are linked to stress, resilience and social cohesion during the pandemic. Therefore, we collected saliva samples from some of our participants.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-14  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_one_half  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><div  style='height:50px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-15  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_half  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-16  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_half  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><h2 id=\"intervention-study\">Intervention Study (Phase 2)<\/h2>\n<p>In the second phase of our study, we invited some of our participants from phase 1 to take part in two mobile app-delivered mental training programmes for psychosocial well-being. Full details of this phase of the study can be read in the <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0256323\">study protocol paper<\/a>.<br \/>\nMore specifically, we compared two online 10-week mental training programs, one mindfulness-based and another socio-emotional partner-based Dyad program with each other. In both programs participants engaged in daily 12-minute exercises and weekly online coaching sessions with a team of professional mental teachers. The daily exercise in the mindfulness group consisted of attention-focused mindfulness meditations, and in the socio-emotional group involved practicing a dyadic partner exercise called Affect Dyad.\u00a0Both socio-emotional and mindfulness-based interventions are supposed to help reduce stress and loneliness and increase life satisfaction and well-being.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock margin-top-15 '   itemprop=\"text\" ><\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_half  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-19  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_hr  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><p><div  class='avia-image-container  av-styling-    avia-builder-el-20  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first  avia-align-center '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  ><div class='avia-image-container-inner'><div class='avia-image-overlay-wrap'><img class='avia_image' src='https:\/\/www.covsocial.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/phase2.jpg' alt='' title='phase2' height=\"703\" width=\"1990\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<div  style='height:30px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-21  el_after_av_image  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>The positive effects of similar mental training programmes have already been scientifically researched worldwide and have also been examined as part of larger intervention modules in the ReSource project, a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/taniasinger.de\/the-resource-project\/\">large-scale research project<\/a> conducted by Prof. Dr. Singer at the Max-Planck Society. 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