The Mediator Role of Psychological Resilience in the Relationship of Cognitive Flexibility and Fear of COVID-19

Year 2023, Volume: 8 Issue: 1, 41 - 56, 30.06.2023

Şeyma Bilgiz Öztürk , Sümeyye Bilgiz Akbayır

https://doi.org/10.32568/jfce.1270737

Abstract

Covid-19 pandemic is thought to cause a lot of short or long-term mental disorders. In order to reduce these problems the pandemic will create to minimum, it is believed that psychological resilience and cognitive flexibility have an important function. In this respect, the direct and indirect relationships and the mediating role between the psychological resilience, cognitive flexibility and fear of Covid-19 were examined in a Turkish sample consisting of 511 people. The data obtained from this sample group were analyzed by structural equality model. Indirect effect estimate of psychological resilience for was tested with the SPSS Macro Process application on the basis of the bootstrap test. As a result of the analysis found that, mediating role of psychological resilience is significant in the relationship between cognitive flexibility and Covid-19 fear.

Keywords

Covid-19 Fear, Flexibilty, Psychological Resilience

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