Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.24869/psyd.2022.773

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FEAR OF COVID-19, SPIRITUALITY AND HOPELESSNESS IN PEOPLE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Serpil Su ; Necmettin Erbakan University Faculty of Nursing, Department of Fundamental Nursing, Konya, Turkey
Gulden Basit ; Necmettin Erbakan University Faculty of Nursing, Department of Fundamental Nursing, Konya, Turkey
Kubra Nur Kose Alabay ; Necmettin Erbakan University Faculty of Nursing, Department of Fundamental Nursing, Konya, Turkey

Abstract

Background: A global health problem today, COVID-19 has negatively affected both physical and psychological health of
people all around the world. Lack of certainty about the course of the disease, failure to anticipate disease severity and duration,
lack of effective treatment, and high death risk for certain populations can lead to anxiety and hopelessness for the future. People
often resorted to spiritual practices to mitigate the despair the experienced during the pandemic. The aim of this study was to
determine the relationship between fear of COVID-19, spirituality and hopelessness in people during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Subjects and methods: This descriptive and correlational study was carried out on 628 people. Data were collected from the
Personal Information Form, the Fear of COVID-19 Scale, the Beck Hopelessness Scale and the Intrinsic Spirituality Scale.
Results: Participants had 19.02±5.25 points in the Fear of COVID-19 Scale, 96.18±17.57 points in the Intrinsic Spirituality
Scale and 13.13±4.02 points in the Beck Hopelessness Scale. Fear of COVID-19 was found to have a statistically significant and
negative effect on hopelessness (􀈕=-0.232, p<0.05) and spirituality did not have a mediator role in this effect (-0.019, 0.036).
Conclusion: People with high level of fear of COVID-19 had low level of hopelessness and spirituality did not play a mediator
role in reducing hopelessness. The findings of this study can contribute to protection of public health by planning in advance any
psychosocial intervention for high risk groups during future pandemics.

Keywords

COVID-19 pandemic; fear; hopelessness; spirituality

Hrčak ID:

291867

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/291867

Publication date:

22.12.2022.

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