Enea Violeta, Eisenbeck Nikolett, Petrescu Teodora Carina, Carreno David F
Department of Psychology, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iaşi, Romania.
Department of Personality, Evaluation and Psychological Treatment, Faculty of Psychology, University of Seville, Seville, Spain.
Front Psychol. 2021 Mar 10;12:643977. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.643977. eCollection 2021.
Most countries are facing the societal challenging need for a new quarantine period due to the increasing number of COVID-19 infections, indicating a second or even third wave of disease. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the surface existential issues that are typically less present in people's focal attention. The first aim of this study was to identify some of these existential struggles such as increased feelings of loneliness, death obsession, and preoccupation with God. Secondly, we explored the association of these factors with the increased fear of coronavirus during the quarantine. Data was collected from 1,340 Romanian adults using a cross-sectional web-based survey design in the midst of the national lockdown period of COVID-19. Participants completed measures of COVID-19 related loneliness, death obsession, and preoccupation with God twice; first, thinking about the period before the pandemic, and second, for the current situation during the quarantine. Then, they completed a fear of COVID-19 measure. Participants perceived an increase in the feelings of loneliness, death obsession, and preoccupation with God during the confinement. Furthermore, gender, knowing someone diagnosed with COVID-19, loneliness, death obsession, and preoccupation with God predicted fear of COVID-19. Interestingly, days in isolation did not predict fear of COVID-19 nor were associated with feelings of loneliness. In line with existential positive psychology, these results highlight the importance of policies and interventions targeting the experience of loneliness, spiritual beliefs, and particularly those aimed to promote death acceptance, in order to alleviate intense fear of COVID-19.
由于新冠病毒感染病例不断增加，预示着疾病将出现第二波甚至第三波高峰，大多数国家都面临着对新的隔离期的社会挑战性需求。新冠疫情暴露了一些通常不太受人们关注的生存问题。本研究的首要目的是识别其中一些生存挣扎，比如孤独感增强、对死亡的执念以及对上帝的过度关注。其次，我们探究了这些因素与隔离期间对新冠病毒恐惧加剧之间的关联。在新冠疫情全国封锁期间，采用基于网络的横断面调查设计，从1340名罗马尼亚成年人中收集数据。参与者两次完成了与新冠病毒相关的孤独感、对死亡的执念以及对上帝的过度关注的测量；第一次是思考疫情之前的时期，第二次是针对隔离期间的当前情况。然后，他们完成了一项对新冠病毒恐惧的测量。参与者在隔离期间感到孤独感、对死亡的执念以及对上帝的过度关注有所增加。此外，性别、认识被诊断患有新冠病毒的人、孤独感、对死亡的执念以及对上帝的过度关注可预测对新冠病毒的恐惧。有趣的是，隔离天数并不能预测对新冠病毒的恐惧，也与孤独感无关。与存在主义积极心理学一致，这些结果凸显了针对孤独体验、精神信仰，尤其是旨在促进对死亡的接受的政策和干预措施的重要性，以减轻对新冠病毒的强烈恐惧。
