Abstract

A cross-sectional survey to investigate relationships between coronavirus anxiety, individual death attitudes, and personal worldview was conducted among 202 German-speaking adults in Central Europe. Results indicated that death anxiety significantly predicts coronavirus anxiety beyond sociodemographic variables. Women reported higher coronavirus anxiety than men. Against expectations, dimensions of personal worldview were hardly related to coronavirus anxiety. In contrast, we found evidence for a curvilinear relationship between religiosity as well as atheism and negative death attitudes. Our study contributes to recent discussions about death anxiety as a transdiagnostic factor in psychopathology and yields important implications for psychosocial support in the current pandemic.

摘要

在中欧的 202 名讲德语的成年人中进行了一项横断面调查，以调查冠状病毒焦虑、个人死亡态度和个人世界观之间的关系。结果表明，死亡焦虑显着预测了社会人口变量之外的冠状病毒焦虑。女性报告的冠状病毒焦虑程度高于男性。出乎意料的是，个人世界观的维度与冠状病毒焦虑几乎没有关系。相比之下，我们发现了宗教信仰、无神论和消极死亡态度之间存在曲线关系的证据。我们的研究有助于最近关于死亡焦虑作为精神病理学中的跨诊断因素的讨论，并对当前大流行中的社会心理支持产生重要影响。