Family Communication and Psychological Distress in the Era of COVID-19 Pandemic: Mediating Role of Coping

Abstract

This study aims to examine the association between family communication and psychological distress with coping as a potential mediator. The study also developed and validated the Family Communication Scale (FCS) in the context of COVID-19 pandemic. Participants ( n = 658; 74.9% female) were general public ranged in age between 18 and 58 years (mean age = 26.38, SD = 10.01). The results showed that family communication directly influenced psychological distress and indirectly influenced through approach coping. However, avoidant coping was not directly associated with psychological distress, nor did it mediate the association between family communication and psychological distress. The findings suggest that people, who have better family communication, highly engage in approach coping which in turn leads to better psychological health in face of adversity. The findings have important empirical and theoretical implications.

Psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the COVID-19 Impact Scale in university students

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“…Based on Cohen's (1988) conventional effect size criterion, it can be concluded that the effect size was small to moderate. The ratio of the number of subjects to items is suggested to be 5:1 with a minimum number of 100 participants (Gorsuch & Hillsdale, 1983) showing that the sample size was sufficient for factor analysis. Using the maximumlikelihood extraction method on Subsample 1, the analysis showed that Bartlett's test for sphericity, [χ2 (45) = 1718.24, p < .001] and Kaiser's measure of sampling adequacy (KMO = .91) were adequate for factor analysis.…”

Mediating Role of Professional Commitment in the Relationship Between Technostress and Organizational Stress, Individual Work Performance, and Independent Audit Quality

“…Stress has been studied in a wide range of fields including psychology, sociology, education, and management (Geçer & Yıldırım, 2021;Moroń et al, 2021;Rehman et al, 2023). Previous research provided evidence that supports the role of stress in alleviating mental and physical health problems (Chandola et al, 2006;Chirico et al, 2022;Hu et al, 2023;Wagner et al, 2000;Yildirim & Alanazi, 2018;.…”

Mental Health Facilitators and Barriers during Covid-19 in Nigeria

“…As the global burden of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues to increase, especially in low- and middle-income countries such as Nigeria (provide references), it imposes huge costs on individuals, communities, health systems, and economies across the globe (Arslan and Burke, 2021; Arslan et al, 2021; Otanga et al, 2022; Tanhan et al, 2021; Yıldırım and Solmaz, 2020). COVID-19 pandemic has brought serious psychological impact on healthcare workers, students and the general public globally (Çağış and Yıldırım, 2022; Doyumğaç et al, 2021; Geçer and Yıldırım, 2021; Tanhan, 2020; Tanhan et al, 2020; Tümkaya et al, 2021; Yıldırım and Özaslan, 2021). The pandemic-related restraints, such as spatial distancing, isolation and home quarantine are impacting economic sustainability and wellbeing, which may induce psychological mediators such as sadness, worry, fear, anger, annoyance, frustration, guilt, helplessness, loneliness and nervousness (Bhuiyan et al, 2020; Chirico et al, 2022; Mukhtar, 2020; Yıldırım and Güler, 2022).…”