Fear vs. hope in India: Finding the silver lining amid the dark clouds of COVID-19

Gupta, Richa; Mahajan, Remia; Bakhshi, Arti; Gupta, Karuna; Singh, Dharvinder; Kaur, Baljit

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2021.111017

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“…Thus, in the group of students evaluated, a lower level of hope is linked to a greater experience of fear of becoming infected with COVID-19 or even of losing one's life to this disease. These findings are consistent with a study in India with 412 people, where it was observed that fear of COVID-19 negatively affected mental health through rumination; however, it was identified that hope can play a mediating role in coping with difficulties and overcoming adversities, as they have a greater capacity for resilience to the indirect negative impact of fear of COVID-19 [66,75]. Additionally, in Belgium and the Netherlands, it was found that fear of COVID-19 correlated with higher levels of depression, stress, and anxiety.…”

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Hope and Resilience Related to Fear of COVID-19 in Young People

Javier-Aliaga

Quispe

Zúñiga

et al. 2022

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In the face of the psychological crisis of fear caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, it is relevant to know the positive impact of hope and resilience during this context. The purpose of this study was to determine the correlation between hope and resilience with fear of COVID-19 in young people. The design was non-experimental, cross-sectional, and correlational. The sample consisted of 192 young people living in Metropolitan Lima, Peru. We used the Hope-Despair Questionnaire, the Resilience Scale, and the COVID-19 Fear Questionnaire. The results show that there is a significant correlation between hope, resilience, and fear of COVID-19 in young people. On the other hand, a significant difference was found in resilience according to gender. Likewise, it was found that the variables hope and resilience explain 81% (R2 adjusted) of the fear of COVID-19 (F test = 21.53; p < 0.01). Hope and resilience are protective factors that have a positive impact when facing the fear of COVID-19. Thus, policies, programs, and public health strategies related to positive mental health should be promoted, with emphasis on hope and resilience.

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confidence: 91%

“…Hope leads to the development of preventive behaviors that decrease the risk of disease [65]. Recently, the protective role of hope against the negative impact of fear of COVID-19 was reported [66].…”

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confidence: 99%

Hope and Resilience Related to Fear of COVID-19 in Young People

Javier-Aliaga

Quispe

Zúñiga

et al. 2022

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“…An interesting study on public responses to two crises generated by COVID-19, which involved choosing between health and the economy, analyzed the emotional responses of anger, fear, and sadness on Twitter and justified the selection of these emotions because they are representative of basic emotions [31]. Hope is a well-documented social emotion in the context of COVID-19, leading to more resilience [32], and acting as a moderator in the relationship between the fear of COVID-19 and rumination [33].…”

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confidence: 99%

Emotions and Coping: “What I Feel about It, Gives Me More Strategies to Deal with It?”

de Sousa,

Vinagre,

Viseu

et al. 2024

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Background: Personal emotions and affects have been identified and studied in the context of pandemics, as well as coping strategies centered on emotional regulation or the balance between positive and negative emotions. Objectives: The objectives of this paper are to identify an emotion and affect structure in our sample and analyze the relationship of these dimensions with resilient coping in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: This study employed a cross-sectional design that involved a non-probabilistic sample with 598 participants over the age of 18, with 51.1% being female, and an average age of 40.73 years. First, the emotional structure was identified through principal component analysis (PCA). Secondly, a linear regression analysis was performed to investigate emotional dimensions as predictors of coping. Results: A valid and reliable emotional structure with four dimensions was identified. The regression model revealed that coping is positively associated with the active and positive dimension and negatively correlated with the negative and moral dimensions. Conclusions: Emotional dimensions are predictors of coping, with moral and negative dimensions having a negative effect, while active and positive dimensions have a positive effect. When designing interventions for coping strategies, multiple dimensions of emotions and affective states in people who are in vulnerable situations must be considered.

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“…Among the comorbid diseases of insomnia, ruminant thinking and anxiety are the most widely studied, and the conclusion made from the studies focused on the critical factor related to insomnia is meaningful for our study. One study [ 42 ] found that hope can cushion the negative impact of COVID-19 fears on rumination, which was proved to have a direct impact on insomnia [ 43 , 44 ]. Similarly, anxiety was found to be comorbid with insomnia symptoms, especially in individuals with depression, and hope with goal orientation and vivid pathway thinking helps to reduce anxiety and could be one of the important means of cognitive intervention, which has been proven to be effective in relieving insomnia [ 18 , 45 ].…”

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Hope Buffers the Effect of Fear of COVID-19 on Depression among College Students: Insomnia as a Mediator

Yao

Lin

et al. 2023

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Background: In the period of the global pandemic, psychophysical problems induced by the fear of COVID-19 among college students deserve attention since the dormitory environment in college greatly increases the possibility of COVID-19 infection. Methods: A hypothesized mediated moderation model was to be verified using a cross-sectional study among 2453 college students. Fear of COVID-19, insomnia, hope, and depression were assessed by using the relevant scales. Results: (1) The fear of COVID-19 was positively correlated to depression (β = 0.365, t = 5.553, 95% CI = [0.236, 0.494]); (2) hope moderated the influence of the fear of COVID-19 on depression (β = −0.093, t = −4.066, 95% CI = [−0.137, −0.048]), as well as on insomnia (β = −0.095, t = −4.841, 95% CI = [−0.133, −0.056]); and (3) the mediated moderation model with hope as the moderator and insomnia as the full mediating variable between fear of COVID-19 and depression was verified (β = −0.060, 95% CI = [−0.093, −0.028]). Conclusions: The findings suggest that hope is a vital mechanism to explain the relationship between the fear of COVID-19 and depression in early adulthood. In practical application, mental health practitioners should focus on boosting hope and alleviating insomnia when addressing COVID-19-related depression issues among college students.

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Fear vs. hope in India: Finding the silver lining amid the dark clouds of COVID-19

Cited by 5 publications

References 36 publications

Hope and Resilience Related to Fear of COVID-19 in Young People

Hope and Resilience Related to Fear of COVID-19 in Young People

Emotions and Coping: “What I Feel about It, Gives Me More Strategies to Deal with It?”

Hope Buffers the Effect of Fear of COVID-19 on Depression among College Students: Insomnia as a Mediator

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