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Fear of COVID-19, loneliness, smartphone addiction, and mental wellbeing among the Turkish general population: a serial mediation model
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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.
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- Authors
- Kayis, A. R., Satici, B., Deniz, M. E., Satici, S. A., & Griffiths, M. D.
- Affiliations
- Department of Psychological Counselling, Kastamonu University, Kastamonu, Turkey
- Department of Psychological Counselling, Artvin Coruh University, Artvin, Turkey
- Yıldız Technical University (TR)
- Nottingham Trent University (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Griffiths, Mark D.
- Venue
- Behaviour & Information Technology
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2021-05-26
- Volume
- 41
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 2484-2496
- ISSN
- 0144-929X (ISSN-L)
- 1362-3001
- OpenAlex
- W3164210675
- Cited by
- 104
- References
- 99
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 22 · 2023: 22 · 2022: 36 · 2021: 8
- FWCI
- 15.04
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Behaviour and Information Technology (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Nottingham Trent University's Institutional Repository (Nottingham Trent Repository) (acceptedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Social Sciences › Communication › Communication and COVID-19 Impact
- Keywords
- fear of COVID-19, loneliness, smartphone addiction, psychological well-being, serial mediation, psychological impact of COVID-19
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