ABSTRACT

The novel coronavirus-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has become a major health problem worldwide. The impact of COVID-19 has also been associated with psychological and social problems. The main objective of the present study was to examine the associations between fear of COVID-19 and mental wellbeing, through a serial mediation analysis that included loneliness and smartphone addiction. Utilising convenience sampling from 73 of 81 cities in Turkey via the web-based survey the present study comprised 773 participants (556 females and 217 males; aged between 18 and 66 years) were collected. Self-report data were collected including psychometric measures assessing fear of COVID-19, loneliness, smartphone addiction, and mental wellbeing. Fear of COVID-19 was found to have both a direct and indirect effect on mental wellbeing. In addition, results supported a serial mediation model where fear of COVID-19 was found to influence mental wellbeing via loneliness and smartphone addiction in a sequential manner. The findings suggest that higher fear of COVID-19 is associated with lower mental wellbeing by negatively affecting individuals’ emotion and behaviour.

摘要

新型冠状病毒 2019 (COVID-19) 大流行已成为世界范围内的主要健康问题。COVID-19 的影响还与心理和社会问题有关。本研究的主要目的是通过包括孤独和智能手机成瘾在内的一系列中介分析来检查对 COVID-19 的恐惧与心理健康之间的关联。本研究通过网络调查从土耳其 81 个城市中的 73 个进行便利抽样，收集了 773 名参与者（556 名女性和 217 名男性；年龄在 18 至 66 岁之间）。收集了自我报告数据，包括评估对 COVID-19 的恐惧、孤独、智能手机成瘾和心理健康的心理测量指标。发现对 COVID-19 的恐惧对心理健康有直接和间接的影响。此外，结果支持了一个连续调解模型，其中发现对 COVID-19 的恐惧会通过孤独和智能手机成瘾以顺序方式影响心理健康。研究结果表明，对 COVID-19 的较高恐惧与较低的心理健康有关，因为它会对个人的情绪和行为产生负面影响。