Department of Psychology, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 110025, India.
Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 120022, India.
Community Ment Health J. 2021 Jan;57(1):70-78. doi: 10.1007/s10597-020-00712-6. Epub 2020 Sep 21.
The role of individual variables (COVID-19 anxiety, perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, optimistic bias and personal identity) as predictors of quality of life (QoL) during the novel coronavirus or COVID-19 pandemic is explored. Impact of group related variables (identification to family, religious group and nation) on QoL is also examined. Sample comprised 305 male and female Indian respondents, aged 18 to 78 years. Standardized measures have been utilised to assess the constructs. Results revealed that QoL was significantly influenced by individual variables (COVID-19 anxiety and personal identity) and group variables (identification with family and nation). The effect of COVID-19 anxiety and personal identity as individual variables is over and above that of demographic variables on QoL. Group variables (family and national identification) significantly impacted QoL over and above the individual variables. Findings would indeed, aid in the rehabilitation and assistance of people to live in COVID-19 crisis, and thereafter.
探讨了个体变量(新冠焦虑、感知易感性、感知严重性、乐观偏差和个人身份)作为新冠病毒或 COVID-19 大流行期间生活质量(QoL)预测因素的作用。还研究了群体相关变量(对家庭、宗教团体和国家的认同)对 QoL 的影响。样本包括 305 名年龄在 18 至 78 岁的印度男女受访者。采用了标准化的测量方法来评估这些结构。结果表明,QoL 受到个体变量(新冠焦虑和个人身份)和群体变量(对家庭和国家的认同)的显著影响。个体变量(新冠焦虑和个人身份)的影响超过了人口统计学变量对 QoL 的影响。群体变量(家庭和国家认同)对 QoL 的影响超过了个体变量。这些发现确实有助于康复和帮助人们在 COVID-19 危机期间生活,并在此之后。