Fear of COVID-19 and positivity: mediating role of intolerance of uncertainty, depression, anxiety, and stress.
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This study aimed to investigate the mediating role of intolerance of uncertainty, depression, anxiety, and stress in the relationship between the fear of COVID-19 and positivity. The participants consisted of 960 individuals, including 663 females (69.1%) and 297 males (30.9%). The age of the participants ranged between 18 and 76 (29.74 ± 9.64). As a result of the correlation analysis, a positive relationship was found between fear of COVID-19 and intolerance of uncertainty, depression, anxiety, and stress, and a negative relationship was determined between the fear of COVID-19 and positivity. The result of the analysis for the study model indicated that there was a mediating role of intolerance of uncertainty, depression, anxiety, and stress in the relationship between the fear of COVID-19 and positivity. Eliminating uncertainty from the fear of COVID-19 will contribute to reducing depression, anxiety and stress, and increasing positivity.
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A positive relationship exists between intolerance of uncertainty and depression, anxiety, and stress in individuals over 18 years of age.
“In the literature, a positive relationship was found between intolerance for uncertainty with depression, anxiety, and stress in individuals over 18 years of age (Bakioğlu et al. 2020, Fedorenko et al. 2021, Zhuo et al. 2021).”
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“In a study, the intolerance of uncertainty, depression, anxiety, and stress were shown to have a mediating role in the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and positivity (Bakioğlu et al. 2020).”
- Authors
- Bakioğlu, F., Korkmaz, O., & Ercan, H.
- Affiliations
- Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University (TR)
- Corresponding author
- Korkmaz, Ozan
- Venue
- International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
- Published
- 2020-05-28
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 2369-2382
- ISSN
- 1557-1874 (ISSN-L)
- 1557-1882
- PMC
- PMC7255700
- OpenAlex
- W3028728183
- Semantic Scholar
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- Cited by
- 812
- References
- 46
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- 2026: 13 · 2025: 47 · 2024: 97 · 2023: 196 · 2022: 243 · 2021: 185 · 2020: 28 · 2015: 2
- FWCI
- 65.13
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
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- Licence
- public-domain
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- Locations
- International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction (publishedVersion, public-domain)
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- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- eArşiv - KMÜ (Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
- Keywords
- fear of COVID-19, positivity, intolerance of uncertainty, depression, anxiety, stress, mediation, uncertainty reduction, COVID-19 pandemic
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