Fear of COVID-19 and Mental Health: The Role of Mindfulness in During Time of Crisis

Belen, Hacer

doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-40529/v1

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“…Although it may cause people to experience less negative symptoms and anxiety during the COVID-19 outbreak, given the specific circumstances of cancer patients and many problems associated with the disease, the mindfulness may not affect the anxiety of cancer patients alone. The use of two different questionnaires, sampling at different times in different populations with different prevalence of COVID-19 may be the reasons for different results in the present study and the Belen’s study [ 56 ]. However, researchers have proposed mindfulness as a useful way to adapt to ongoing change and to cope with anxiety and depression during the coronavirus outbreak [ 57 ].…”

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“…Numerous studies have shown that mindfulness is associated with reduced levels of anxiety and depression. [52][53][54][55] Belen 56 found that fear of COVID-19 and anxiety were inversely related to mindfulness and that more mindfulness might protect individuals against the negative effects of fear of coronavirus, anxiety and depression, and improve mental health during the COVID-19 epidemic. Mindfulness refers to the awareness and acceptance of the presence.…”

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“…The use of two different questionnaires, sampling at different times in different populations with different prevalence of COVID-19 may be the reasons for different results in the present study and the Belen' s study. 56 However, researchers have proposed mindfulness as a useful way to adapt to ongoing change and to cope with anxiety and depression during the coronavirus outbreak. 57 Further research is required because of the lack of research on the relationship between coronavirus anxiety and mindfulness and the profound effects of the coronavirus on cancer patients.…”

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The Relationship between Coronavirus Anxiety, Mindfulness and Spiritual Health in Patients with Cancer: A Survey in Southeast Iran

Dehghan

Namjoo

Zarei

et al. 2021

Psychiatry Investig

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Objective The sudden outbreak of COVID-19 has caused major health problems, including anxiety in cancer patients worldwide. Spiritual health and mindfulness are considered as factors affecting anxiety. This study addressed the relationship between COVID-19 anxiety, spiritual health and mindfulness in patients with cancer.Methods One hundred and eighty-four cancer patients participated in this cross-sectional study. The data were collected with convenience sampling method from two oncology centers from 15 June to 15 July 2020 in the southeast Iran. Patients completed the Demographic and Clinical Characteristics Form, Corona Disease Anxiety Scale (CDAS), The Freiburg Mindfulness inventory-Short Form (FMI-SF) and Spiritual Health Scale.Results According to the psychological symptom subscale (CDAS), 61.4% of the participants had moderate to severe anxiety. According to the physical symptom subscale, 38% of the participants had moderate to severe anxiety. No significant association was found between corona disease anxiety and mindfulness/spiritual health (p>0.05).Conclusion The results of this study showed high levels of mental and physical anxiety and worries about COVID-19 disease in cancer patients, which led to challenges in their lives. It is necessary to review and implement effective interventions in future studies to prevent anxiety and its consequences in cancer patients.

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The Relationship between Coronavirus Anxiety, Mindfulness and Spiritual Health in Patients with Cancer: A Survey in Southeast Iran

Dehghan

Namjoo

Zarei

et al. 2021

Psychiatry Investig

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“…Several studies have reported on positive correlations between fear of one's own and relatives' threat appraisals and preventive behavior (Balkhi et al, 2020;Parlapani et al, 2020;Sahoo et al, 2020). In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, an excessive fear at the individual level can often lead to mental problems (Belen, 2020;Fountoulakis et al, 2020). However, a lack of fear may prevent individuals from participating in preventive measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19 (Gerritsenb, 2020;Taheri-Kharameh et al, 2020).…”

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Factors Related to COVID-19 Preventive Behaviors: A Structural Equation Model

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Background: While COVID-19 has rapidly spread around the world, and vaccines are not widely available to the general population, the World Health Organization outlines preventive behavior as the most effective way to limit the rapid spread of the virus. Preventive behavior is associated with a number of factors that both encourage and discourage prevention.Aim: The aim of this research was to study COVID-19 threat appraisal, fear of COVID-19, trust in COVID-19 information sources, COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs and the relationship of socio-demographic variables (gender, age, level of education, place of residence, and employment status) to COVID-19 preventive behavior.Methods: The data originate from a national cross-sectional online survey (N = 2,608) undertaken in July 2020. The data were analyzed using structural equation modeling.Results: COVID-19 threat appraisal, trust in COVID-19 information sources, and fear of COVID-19 are all significant predictors of COVID-19 preventive behaviors. Together they explain 26.7% of the variance of this variable. COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs significantly negatively predict COVID-19 threat appraisal (R2 = 0.206) and trust in COVID-19 information sources (R2 = 0.190). COVID-19 threat appraisal contributes significantly and directly to the explanation of the fear of COVID-19 (R2 = 0.134). Directly, as well as mediated by COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs, threat appraisal predicts trust in COVID-19 information sources (R2 = 0.190). The relationship between COVID-19 threat appraisal and COVID-19 preventive behaviors is partially mediated by fear of COVID-19 (indirect effect 28.6%) and trust in information sources (15.8%). Socio-demographic variables add very little in prediction of COVID-19 preventive behavior.Conclusions: The study results demonstrate that COVID-19 threat appraisal is the most important factor associated with COVID-19 preventive behavior. Those Latvian residents with higher COVID-19 threat appraisal, experienced higher levels of fear of COVID-19, had more trust in COVID-19 information sources, and were more actively involved in following COVID-19 preventive behaviors. COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs negatively predict COVID-19 threat appraisal and trust in COVID-19 information sources, but not the COVID-19 preventive behaviors. Socio-demographic factors do not play an important role here.

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“…The findings of another study also showed that there is a significant relationship between anxiety, mindfulness and psychological flexibility, both of which have been known to further decrease psychological distress (Dubey et al, 2020). Belen (2020) indicated that the fear of COVID-19 is reversely correlated with mindfulness while positive correlations were found with anxiety and depression and mindfulness mediated in the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and depression and anxiety.…”

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The Mindfulness Levels of Adults During the Covid-19 Pandemic: The Role of Solution Focused Thinking and Valuing

Karahan

Bakalım

2021

Spiritual Psychology and Counseling

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The aim of this research is to identify the role of solution focused thinking and valuing on mindfulness among adults during the Covid-19 pandemic. The data were obtained through convenience sampling via an online platform. Accordingly, a total of 669 people, 357 men and 314 women, were reached. Personal information form, Mindful Attention Awareness Scale, Solution Focused Inventory and Valuing Questionnaire were used to collect the data. Stepwise regression analysis was conducted to test whether progress, obstruction, goal achievement, problem disengagement and resource activation were meaninful predictors of mindfulness. When the research findings were examined in detail, it was determined that the obstruction variable was the strongest predictor of mindfulness in adults in the Covid-19 period. Other significant predictors, respectively, were determined to be problem disengagement, resource activation and progress. On the other hand, it was determined that goal orientation is not a significant predictor of mindfulness. The research findings were discussed within the scope of the literature and recommendations were made.

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Fear of COVID-19 and Mental Health: The Role of Mindfulness in During Time of Crisis

Cited by 9 publications

References 30 publications

The Relationship between Coronavirus Anxiety, Mindfulness and Spiritual Health in Patients with Cancer: A Survey in Southeast Iran

The Relationship between Coronavirus Anxiety, Mindfulness and Spiritual Health in Patients with Cancer: A Survey in Southeast Iran

Factors Related to COVID-19 Preventive Behaviors: A Structural Equation Model

The Mindfulness Levels of Adults During the Covid-19 Pandemic: The Role of Solution Focused Thinking and Valuing

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