The relationship between COVID-19 anxiety and psychological well-being and individual self-efficacy: the moderating role of Death anxiety
Subject Areas : Psychology
Amineh Sadat Tabatabaei
1
(Ph.D. Student of Psychology, Kish International Campus, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran)
Reza Darvishi
2
(کارشناس ارشد روانشناسی بالینی، دانشگاه آزاد واحد اصفهان(خوراسگان)، ایران..)
Mansoureh talebian
3
(Ph.D. student in Counseling, the Department of Counseling, the Faculty of Psychology and Education, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran)
Keywords: Self-efficacy, death anxiety, psychological well-being, COVID-19 Anxiety,
Abstract :
During the outbreak of COVID-19, because of limits on different aspects of life and ambiguity about how the virus is transferred, individuals experienced a form of anxiety that affected their various psychological characteristics. In this study, The relationship between COVID-19 anxiety and psychological well-being and individual self-efficacy: the moderating role of anxiety with life. The present study had a correlational design. The statistical population for this study consisted of all males and women in Isfahan between the ages of 18 and 50, and the sample was drawn randomly from two metropolitan districts. Subjects completed an online and in-person which includes Ryff’s Psychological Well-Being Questionnaire, General Self-Efficacy Questionnaire, Death Anxiety Scale and Corona Disease Anxiety Scale. Results: In order to analyze the data in SPSS version 23, the Pearson correlation coefficient significance test was employed, and for multiple regression analysis, PROCESS Procedure for SPSS, written by Andrew F.Hayes was utilized.COVID-19 anxiety and Death Anxiety was a significant predictor of self-efficacy. Nevertheless, the net impact of correlation between COVID-19 anxiety and Death Anxiety in predicting self-efficacy is equal to 0.3 percent and is not significant .COVID-19 anxiety and death Anxiety was a significant predictor of psychological well-being.This study demonstrated that death anxiety has a significant moderating role in the correlation between COVID-19 anxiety and psychological well-being. But death anxiety hasn’t a significant moderating role in the correlation between COVID-19 anxiety and self-efficacy.
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