The Effect of the Fear of COVID-19 on Healthcare Professionals’ Psychological Adjustment Skills: Mediating Role of Experiential Avoidance and Psychological Resilience

Seçer, İsmail; Ulaş, Sümeyye; Karaman-Özlü, Zeynep

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.561536

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The Effect of the Fear of COVID-19 on Healthcare Professionals’ Psychological Adjustment Skills: Mediating Role of Experiential Avoidance and Psychological Resilience

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Seçer, İsmail, Ulaş, Sümeyye, Karaman-Özlü, Zeynep·2020·Frontiers in Psychology

DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.561536PMC PMC7609966

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As the COVID-19 outbreak is rapidly spreading all over the world, it's secondary consequences will negatively affect both societies and individuals. The target group, expected to be exposed to the secondary negative consequences most intensely during the pandemic process and afterward, is undoubtedly the healthcare professionals. In this research, the impact of the fear that healthcare professionals in Turkey developed against the outbreak of COVID-19 on their psychological adjustment skills is examined, and in this context, the mediating role of experiential avoidance and psychological resilience is examined. In this context, an answer was sought for the question "Does experiential avoidance and psychological resilience have a mediating role in the impact of COVID-19 fear on psychological adjustment skills of healthcare professionals?" The research was carried out with a total of 370 healthcare professionals reached via online data collection method. Structural equation modeling was used in the data analysis process, and as a result, it was determined that the fear of COVID-19 had a negative effect on the psychological adjustment in healthcare professionals; however, psychological resilience was found to have a protective function that limits this effect, and experiential avoidance has a risk factor that aggravates this effect. Findings obtained from the research are discussed in the context of the literature.

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Authors: Seçer, İ., Ulaş, S., & Karaman-Özlü, Z.
Affiliations: Atatürk University (TR)
Gümüşhane University (TR)
Corresponding author: Seçer, İsmail
ORCID: Seçer, İsmail
Ulaş, Sümeyye
Venue: Frontiers in Psychology
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Published: 2020-10-21
Volume: 11
Pages: 561536-561536
ISSN: 1664-1078 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.561536
PMC: PMC7609966
OpenAlex: W3094134323
Cited by: 75
References: 46
Citations by year: 2026: 4 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 16 · 2021: 30
FWCI: 5.80
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: gold
doi.org
Licence: cc-by
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (vor)
Locations: Frontiers in Psychology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Resilience and Mental Health
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
Keywords: fear of COVID-19, healthcare workers, psychological adjustment, experiential avoidance, psychological resilience, mediating effect, occupational stress, mental health during pandemic

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