Yıldırım Murat, Arslan Gökmen, Özaslan Ahmet
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Science and Letters, Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen University, Erzurum Yolu 4 Km, 04100 Ağrı, Turkey.
Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
Int J Ment Health Addict. 2022;20(2):1035-1045. doi: 10.1007/s11469-020-00424-8. Epub 2020 Nov 16.
During coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, healthcare professionals were particularly at high-risk of developing symptoms of mental health problems due to being on the frontline in the battle against COVID-19. This study examined the mediating roles of resilience and coronavirus fear in the relationship between perceived risk and mental health problems among healthcare professionals including doctors and nurses who were actively treating patients confirmed with COVID-19. We recruited 204 healthcare professionals (50% females) with a mean age of 32.92 years ( = 7.01). Results showed that perceived risk and coronavirus fear positively predicted depression, anxiety, and stress while resilience negatively predicted those mental health problems. Coronavirus fear mediated the relationship between perceived risk and resilience, depression, anxiety, and stress. Additionally, resilience mitigated the effect of coronavirus fear on depression, anxiety, and stress. This study is among the first indicating the importance of resilience and fear as a critical mechanism that explains the relationship between perceived risk and mental health problems among health professionals directly caring for COVID-19 patients.
在冠状病毒（COVID-19）大流行期间，医护人员由于身处抗击COVID-19的前线，特别容易出现心理健康问题的症状。本研究探讨了心理韧性和对冠状病毒的恐惧在包括积极治疗COVID-19确诊患者的医生和护士在内的医护人员感知风险与心理健康问题之间关系中的中介作用。我们招募了204名医护人员（50%为女性），平均年龄为32.92岁（标准差=7.01）。结果表明，感知风险和对冠状病毒的恐惧正向预测抑郁、焦虑和压力，而心理韧性负向预测这些心理健康问题。对冠状病毒的恐惧在感知风险与心理韧性、抑郁、焦虑和压力之间起中介作用。此外，心理韧性减轻了对冠状病毒的恐惧对抑郁、焦虑和压力的影响。本研究是首批表明心理韧性和恐惧作为一种关键机制的重要性的研究之一，该机制解释了直接照料COVID-19患者的医护人员感知风险与心理健康问题之间的关系。
