Inozu Mujgan, Gök B Göktürk, Tuzun Duygu, Haciomeroglu A Bikem
Department of Psychology, Hacettepe University, 06800 Ankara, Çankaya Turkey.
Department of Psychology, Ankara Haci Bayram Veli University, 06560 Ankara, Turkey.
Curr Psychol. 2022 Jan 4:1-12. doi: 10.1007/s12144-021-02450-8.
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly affected the mental health of the general population worldwide. The study aimed to determine the associations of the intolerance of uncertainty (IU) and cognitive flexibility (CF) with a variety of psychological symptoms and to examine the impact of IU on psychological symptoms through the moderating role of CF. The Brief Symptom Inventory, Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale-12, and Cognitive Control and Flexibility Questionnaire were applied to a sample of 3004 adults living in Turkey. The results of the analysis indicated that CF moderated the effect of IU on psychology symptoms. The slope analysis revealed a weakening association between IU and psychological symptoms with the introduction of a high CF level introduced to the model. The findings highlighted the importance of IU as a potential risk factor for developing psychological symptoms while CF appears as a potential protective factor during the COVID-19 pandemic.
新冠疫情对全球普通人群的心理健康产生了重大影响。该研究旨在确定不确定性不耐受（IU）和认知灵活性（CF）与各种心理症状之间的关联，并通过CF的调节作用来检验IU对心理症状的影响。对居住在土耳其的3004名成年人样本应用了简明症状量表、不确定性不耐受量表-12以及认知控制与灵活性问卷。分析结果表明，CF调节了IU对心理症状的影响。斜率分析显示，在模型中引入高CF水平后，IU与心理症状之间的关联减弱。研究结果突出了IU作为出现心理症状的潜在风险因素的重要性，而CF在新冠疫情期间似乎是一个潜在的保护因素。
