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Introduction : facing the wave : a journey in the shadow of the pandemic / Anis Ben Brik -- Social protection responses in the Arabian Gulf region / Anis Ben Brik -- Small GCC states' responses to COVID-19 : the United Arab Emirates and Qatar / Diana Galeeva -- Jordan and Tunisia lose their luster : an institutional and policy journey against COVID-19 / Nejla Ben Mimoune -- Resilient authoritarianism and global pandemics : Egypt after COVID-19 / Lucia Ardovini -- Iran's bottom-up efforts and challenges throughout the COVID-19 pandemic / Ali Maleki and Najmoddin Yazdi -- COVID-19 and freedom of expression in the MENA region / Alhafad Nouini and Abdelhakim Aboullouz -- Policy responses to COVID-19 pandemic in the Maghreb region / Hamid Ait El Caid -- COVID-19 policy tracker : MENA government responses to the crisis / Andreas Rechkemmer, Ozcan Ozturk, Anis Ben Brik, and Leslie A. Pal -- Conclusion : the long shadow of pandemic in the MENA region : legacy and hope / Anis Ben Brik.

AbstractObjectiveThe goal was to explore mechanisms linking cumulative stressors with parent stress during COVID‐19.BackgroundPublic health measures helped contain COVID‐19 spread, but disrupted family life and increased parents' stress. Positive family relationships and beliefs about the impact of challenges can foster psychological resilience during adversity and may influence parents' stress.MethodParticipants included parents from the U.S. sample of the internet‐based Covid Family Life Study survey who indicated they were married or living with a romantic partner (n = 1,386). We tested a moderated mediation model predicting parent stress from the pileup of stressors, family and couple relationship satisfaction, and parent resilience beliefs.ResultsHigh stressor pileup was associated with lower family and couple relationship satisfaction, and higher parent stress. Relationship satisfaction mediated the effect of stressor pileup on parent stress, and the indirect effects were similar across all levels of parent resilience beliefs. Family satisfaction mediated the effect of stressor pileup on parent stress only for parents with low resilience beliefs. Parent resilience beliefs moderated the relations between relational well‐being and parent stress. Higher family satisfaction was associated with lower stress for parents with low and moderate levels of resilience beliefs, but higher stress for parents with high resilience beliefs.ConclusionRelationship satisfaction may explain how stressor pileup affects parent stress. Resilience beliefs may affect the explanatory role of family satisfaction.ImplicationsInterventions to improve family satisfaction may be most impactful for parents who have low confidence in their ability to adapt to change and bounce back from adversity.

This timely volume explores the impact of dramatic social change that has disrupted established patterns of family life and human development in the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council. It addresses several major deficits in knowledge regarding family issues in the Gulf countries, bringing a critical perspective to the emerging challenges facing families in this region. Lansford, Ben Brik, and Badahdah examine the role of urbanization, educational progress, emigration, globalization, and changes in the status of women on social change, as well as tackling issues related to marriage, fertility and parenthood, and family well-being. This book explores how family relationships and social policies can promote physical health, psychological well-being, social relationships, safety, cognitive development, and economic security in the Gulf countries, placing a unique emphasis on contemporary families in this region. Families and Social Change in the Gulf Region is essential reading for scholars from psychology, sociology, education, law, and public policy. It will also be of interest to graduate students in these disciplines

ABSTRACTA number of highly publicized, controversial lapses in social responsibility within global supply chains have forced managers and scholars to reexamine long‐held perspectives on supplier selection. Extending Carter and Jennings' department‐level study of purchasing social responsibility, our research assesses the role of supply managers' ethical intentions and three key antecedents that drive socially responsible supplier selection. Comparing evidence from firms operating in China, the United States, and the United Arab Emirates, we identify three key drivers of supply managers' ethical intentions and examine both their direct and indirect impacts on socially responsible supplier selection. We find differential support for the predictor relationships on supply manager ethical intentions across national contexts and mediated versus nonmediated models. These observations bear important implications for firms conducting global supply management.