Psychiatria Danubina, Vol. 32 No. 3-4, 2020.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.24869/psyd.2020.505
WHY DO PEOPLE HIGH IN COVID-19 WORRY HAVE MORE MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS? THE ROLES OF RESILIENCE AND MEANING IN LIFE
Murat Yıldırım
; Ağrı İbrahim Cecen University, Ağrı, Turkey; University of Liecester, Liecester, United Kingdom
Gökmen Arslan
; Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Burdur, Turkey
Izaddin Ahmad Aziz
; Salahaddin University, Erbil, Iraq
Abstract
Background: The existing literature has not adequately studied the influence of COVID-19 worry on mental health disorders. This study tested the mediating roles of resilience and meaning in life between COVID-19 worry and mental health disorders.
Subjects and methods: We recruited 284 Arabic speaking young adults (60.6% females; mean age = 26.25±7.57 years) to complete the COVID-19 Worry Scale, Brief Resilience Scale, Meaning in Life Measure, and Patient Health Questionnaire-9.
Results: Results showed that COVID-19 worry negatively predicted resilience and meaning in life and positively predicted mental health disorders. Furthermore, indirect effect of COVID-19 worry on mental health disorders via resilience and meaning in life was significant.
Conclusion: These results will contribute to find effective measures to prevent mental health disorders and promote reduced mental health disorders from the perspective of mitigating COVID-19 worry and increasing resilience and meaning in life.
Keywords
COVID-19 worry; resilience; meaning in life; mental health disorders; Arab-speaking population
Hrčak ID:
250810
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Publication date:
7.1.2021.
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