COVID-19 fear restricts human freedom and decreases human flourishing. This paper examines the relationship between COVID-19 fear and human flourishing. Additionally, it tests gender's moderating effect in this relationship. Although studies show the relationship between COVID-19 fear and human flourishing, this study is a first attempt to determine gender's moderating role. Data were obtained from 326 hotel staff in the United States and analyzed using structural equation modeling and hierarchical regression. This study found that COVID-19 negatively affected human flourishing and gender moderated this relationship. The current study will contribute to the literature by clarifying that women's flourishing is more negatively affected than men due to COVID-19. This finding further indicates how to reduce women's COVID-19 fears from both practical and legal standpoints.

COVID-19 的恐惧限制了人类的自由并降低了人类的繁荣。本文探讨了 COVID-19 恐惧与人类繁荣之间的关系。此外，它还测试了性别在这种关系中的调节作用。尽管研究表明了 COVID-19 恐惧与人类繁荣之间的关系，但这项研究是确定性别调节作用的首次尝试。数据来自美国 326 名酒店员工，并使用结构方程模型和层次回归进行分析。这项研究发现，COVID-19 对人类繁荣产生了负面影响，而性别则调节了这种关系。目前的研究将澄清女性的繁荣比男性因 COVID-19 受到的负面影响更大，从而为文献做出贡献。这一发现进一步表明如何从实践和法律角度减少女性对 COVID-19 的恐惧。