Psychiatria Danubina, Vol. 34 No. 4, 2022.
Izvorni znanstveni članak
https://doi.org/10.24869/psyd.2022.758
FACILITATING AND COMPLICATING FACTORS IN COPING WITH FEAR OF COVID-19
Mehmet Yalcin
orcid.org/0000-0002-9473-9855
; Department of Psychology, Hasan Kalyoncu University, Gaziantep, Turkey
Eyup Sabir Erbicer
orcid.org/0000-0001-8253-7212
; Department of Psychological Counseling and Guidance, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
Ercan Akin
Sažetak
Background: The Covid-19 pandemic has affected almost all countries’ people and affected them in many ways. Turkey has been
one of the countries most affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. In this study, it is aimed to examine facilitating and complicating
factors in coping with the fear of COVID-19.
Subjects and methods: This study was conducted with 530 people (305 females, 225 males) living in different regions of Turkey
and reached online via google e-forms. Sociodemographic information of the participants was collected, and the Fear of Covid-19
Scale (FCV-19S), Short Version of the Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale (IUS-12), The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), and The
World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF) scales were administered. All statistical analyzes were performed
using IBM SPSS Statistics. T-test, One Way Anova and Linear Regression analysis were used to analyze the collected data.
Results: In this study, the participants reported that watching movies, reading books, and listening to music were the most
important facilitating factors in coping with Fear of COVID-19. Covid-19 fear scores were analyzed in terms of some demographic
variables. According to the results, there was no difference between COVID-19 fear scores in terms of gender, having a chronic
disease or not, knowing someone diagnosed with Covid-19 in their immediate vicinity, and the region they lived in. we found that
Prospective anxiety, inhibitory anxiety, state anxiety, and psychological health were significant predictors of Covid-19 fear.
However, trait anxiety, physical health, social relationships and environment were not significant predictors of Covid-19 fear. All
these variables together explained 25% of the variance in the model.
Conclusion: Although this study has some limitations, it has an important place in the literature in revealing the facilitating
and complicating factors in dealing with the fear of Covid -19. It mediates the provision of recommendations to policy makers
and mental health professionals for providing psychological support services to individuals adversely affected by the COVID-19
pandemic process.
Ključne riječi
COVID-19; fear; anxiety; intolerance to uncertainty
Hrčak ID:
291865
URI
Datum izdavanja:
22.12.2022.
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