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Clinical psychologists deal with a variety of job-related stressors. One significant stressor involves the exposure to a critical or stressful situation. To manage the untoward effects of exposure to such situations, these professionals use a variety of coping strategies. Therefore, the current study examined the effectiveness of resilience skills, as to how resilience tends to improve the distress and well-being of a person. Moreover, it also identified the moderating role of coping strategies in seeking mental health services among clinical psychologists who were exposed to COVID-19 patients in a stressful environment. A purposive sampling technique was used to conduct the current study. A sample of 200 female clinical psychologists, working in different government hospitals across eight districts of KPK, Pakistan including districts Abbottabad, Bannu, Charsadda, Dera Ismail Khan, Kohat, Mardan, Nowshera, and Peshawar. A demographic information sheet, Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21), The Brief Coping Oriented Problems Experienced Inventory (Brief COPE), Brief Resilience Scale (BRS), and Attitude towards Seeking Professional Psychological Help (ATSPPH-SF) were used to collect data. Pearson product moment correlation, linear regression and moderation analyses were executed to test the hypotheses. Findings revealed that the moderating role of coping strategies plays a vital role to deal with psychological distress. Effective coping strategies can improve resilience and decrease psychological distress. The study concluded that resilience and psychological distress are negatively correlated, and a high level of resilience can decrease psychological distress that is beneficial for the psychological well-being of a person. The study also determined a positive linkage between coping strategies and psychological distress.
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