COVID-19 fear, post-traumatic stress, growth, and the role of resilience

Abstract

Understanding the factors through which pandemic fear may be associated not just with distress, but also with growth outcomes is crucial to informing interventions across population groups and cultural settings. To achieve this aim, in a cross-sectional study, we examined the relationship between the fear of COVID-19, post-traumatic stress and post-traumatic growth while assessing the moderating role of trait resilience. Findings showed that fear of COVID-19 was associated with both stress and growth outcomes and that resilience was a significant moderator of these effects. Specifically, trait resilience acted as a buffer against post-traumatic stress and as a booster factor for appreciation for life. Given the imbalance between needs and resources in times of global pandemic, interventions promoting psychological wellbeing should leverage existing resources and consider psychological resilience as a valuable target to protect against negative and optimise positive outcomes.

How fear of COVID-19 promotes posttraumatic growth during COVID-19 epidemic: A moderated mediation model.

“…The present study found a positive association between fear of COVID-19 and PTG, which is consistent with the findings of period studies on PTG (Fino et al, 2022a, 2022b). Most critically, this study showed a positive U-curve relationship between PTG and experiencing distress, that is, high levels of fear of COVID-19 are most associated with the greatest levels of growth.…”

The Relationship Between Fear of COVID-19 and Psychological Distress in Tour Guides: The Mediating Role of Job Insecurity and the Moderating Role of Psychological Resilience

“…20 An employee's personal resources, such as resilience levels, may be a positive mechanism that helps employees combat stress and anxiety. 40 Mental resilience can buffer against the adverse effects of post-traumatic stress 41 and fear of COVID-19 on mental health. 40 However, the concept of psychological resilience has been widely studied as a clinical treatment while rarely been applied to the investigation into public mental In summary, the purpose of this study is threefold: firstly, it aims to investigate whether there's positive significant correlation between fear of COVID-19 and psychological distress among tour guides (Hypothesis 1).…”

Association among resilience, post-traumatic stress disorder, and somatization in frontline healthcare workers in COVID-19: The mediating role of perceived stress

“…An umbrella review reported that the prevalence of PTSD was high (13.52%) among frontline healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic (5). Resilience acts as a buffer against PTSD (6,7) and is usually defined as the successful adaptation to adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats, or significant sources of stress (8). Building resilience can help healthcare workers to better cope with and recover from adverse events to achieve better wellbeing (9)(10)(11).…”