Fear and psychopathology during the COVID-19 crisis: neuroticism, hypochondriasis, reassurance-seeking, and coronaphobia as fear factors.

Lee, Sherman A.; Crunk, Elizabeth A.

doi:10.1177/0030222820949350

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Fear and psychopathology during the COVID-19 crisis: neuroticism, hypochondriasis, reassurance-seeking, and coronaphobia as fear factors.

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Lee, Sherman A., Crunk, Elizabeth A.·2022·OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying

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The COVID-19 pandemic has generated a rise in psychological distress worldwide. Although fear appears to be a major contributing factor, there has been no systematic research to determine which specific facets of fear predict psychopathology during the coronavirus crisis. The present study is the first to examine which fear factors uniquely predict clinical levels of depressive symptoms and generalized anxiety. Data were collected from 256 adults in the United States recruited from Amazon's Mechanical Turk (MTurk) during the coronavirus pandemic. The results from logistic regression analyses demonstrated that neuroticism, coronaphobia, and hypochondriasis were fear factors that predicted pandemic-related psychopathology in adults. These findings suggest that mental health professionals should screen individuals for this set of fear factors when choosing appropriate assessments and interventions for treating people who are suffering during the crisis.

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Research from recent pandemics, including COVID-19, shows that negative emotionality, intolerance of uncertainty, and proneness to health anxiety are correlated with pandemic-related distress.
“Research from recent pandemics, including the COVID-19 pandemic, shows that negative emotionality, intolerance of uncertainty, and proneness to health anxiety are correlated with pandemic-related distress (Taylor, 2019; Lee and Crunk, 2020; Rettie and Daniels, 2020; Taylor et al., 2020a).”
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Authors: Lee, S. A., & Crunk, E. A.
Affiliations: Christopher Newport University (US)
Counseling and Human Development, The George Washington University, Washington DC, United States
Corresponding author: Lee, Sherman A.
ORCID: Lee, Sherman A.
Venue: OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2020-08-06
Volume: 85
Issue: 2
Pages: 483-496
ISSN: 0030-2228 (ISSN-L)
1541-3764
DOI: 10.1177/0030222820949350
OpenAlex: W3048293963
Cited by: 134
References: 31
Citations by year: 2026: 3 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 46 · 2021: 48 · 2020: 7
FWCI: 11.79
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: bronze
doi.org
Licence: journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations: OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic, fear, psychopathology, neuroticism, health anxiety, reassurance seeking, fear of COVID-19, depressive symptoms, generalized anxiety disorder, mental health screening, personality traits
MeSH terms: Neuroticism, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Adult, Anxiety, Depression, Humans, Hypochondriasis, United States, Pandemics

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