Fear of COVID-19, stress and depression: A meta-analytic test of the mediating role of anxiety.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected the lives of millions of individuals physiologically, behaviorally, socially, and/or psychologically. Moreover, there is now much empirical evidence that mental health problems have increased during the pandemic period and these problems have various consequences. The changes in the mood states of individuals due to the pandemic underpins the rationale of the present study. The aim of the study was to identify the cross-sectional associations between fear of COVID-19, stress, anxiety, and depression by using two stage-meta-analytic structural equation modeling (TS-MASEM).

Design

This is a meta-analytic structural equation modelling study.

Method

A systematic literature review initially identified 4840 studies. A

SUBMITTER: Cıkrıkcı O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9348301 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature