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The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is an unprecedented health crisis in terms of the scope of its impact on well-being. The sudden need to navigate this "new normal" has compromised the mental health of many people. Coping flexibility, defined as the astute deployment of coping strategies to meet specific situational demands, is proposed as an adaptive quality during this period of upheaval. The present study investigated the associations between coping flexibility and two common mental health problems: COVID-19 anxiety and depression. The respondents were 481 Hong Kong adults (41% men; mean age = 45.09) who took part in a population-based telephone survey conducted from April to May 2020. Self-report data were assessed with the Coping Flexibility Interview Schedule, COVID-19-Related Perception and Anxiety Scale, and Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale. Slightly more than half (52%) of the sample met the criteria for probable depression. Four types of COVID-19 anxiety were identified: anxiety over personal health, others' reactions, societal health, and economic problems. The results consistently revealed coping flexibility to be inversely associated with depression and all four types of COVID-19 anxiety. More importantly, there was a significant interaction between perceived likelihood of COVID-19 infection and coping flexibility on COVID-19 anxiety over personal health. These findings shed light on the beneficial role of coping flexibility in adjusting to the "new normal" amid the COVID-19 pandemic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Gaming disorder (GD) has been widely examined in younger gamers, but scholars have yet to thoroughly investigate this phenomenon in a broader spectrum of adults. We performed nuanced analysis of the prevalence and associated factors of GD among three generations of Hong Kong adults, namely, Millennials, Generation X'ers, and Baby Boomers. Our study further examined the associations between GD and three mental health indicators (i.e., social anxiety, loneliness, and depression) and investigated the moderating role in such associations played by four demographic variables (i.e., gender, relationship status, education level, and generation). A community sample of 847 Hong Kong adults was recruited (39% male, mean age = 49.9 years, age range = 18–73). The estimated prevalence of GD was 8.3% in the gamer sample, and 2.6% in the overall sample, with significant differences in generation and relationship status between the GD and non-GD groups. All three mental health indicators were positively associated with GD, and relationship status and education level were found to moderate the association between social anxiety and GD. These findings reveal GD to be a mental health concern not only for Millennial gamers but also for older gamers, Generation X'ers in particular. • Demographic profiles of gamers differ considerably among generations. • The prevalence of GD was 8.3% and 2.6% in the gamer and overall samples. • The social anxiety-GD association was moderated by marital status. • The social anxiety-GD association was moderated by educational level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]