Sharif Nia Hamid, She Long, Kaur Harpaljit, Boyle Christopher, Khoshnavay Fomani Fatemeh, Hoseinzadeh Esmaeil, Kohestani Daniyal, Rahmatpour Pardis
Amol Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Traditional and Complementary Medicine Research Center, Addiction Institute, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
School of Business, Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak, Malaysia.
Front Psychiatry. 2022 Mar 22;13:851212. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.851212. eCollection 2022.
Despite the abundance of studies linking fear and anxiety to COVID-19, there are limited studies that examine how these elements impact psychological behavioral responses, especially in Iran. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between anxiety and fear of COVID-19 with psychological behavior response, whether this relationship is mediated by role of perceived stress among Iranian population during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A predictive cross-sectional study was used to investigate the relationships between COVID-19 anxiety syndrome, fear of COVID-19 with psychological behavioral responses due to the pandemic, and the mediating role of the COVID-19 perceived stress in these relationships.
The current study revealed that during the COVID-19 pandemic, fear and anxiety of COVID-19 can influence the psychological behavioral responses of individuals; however, this can be explained through perceived stress.
As such, the current study points out that the individuals who perceived high stress due to COVID-19 were more likely to comply with guidelines, which has given new insight into this field. The current study findings are applicable for health policymakers in order to help them in understanding human behavior for developing health promotion programs and also for fostering resilience among the general population.
尽管有大量研究将恐惧和焦虑与新冠病毒病联系起来，但考察这些因素如何影响心理行为反应的研究有限，尤其是在伊朗。本研究的目的是调查新冠病毒病焦虑与恐惧和心理行为反应之间的关系，以及在新冠病毒病大流行期间伊朗人群中这种关系是否通过感知压力的作用来介导。
采用前瞻性横断面研究来调查新冠病毒病焦虑综合征、对新冠病毒病的恐惧与大流行导致的心理行为反应之间的关系，以及新冠病毒病感知压力在这些关系中的中介作用。
当前研究表明，在新冠病毒病大流行期间，对新冠病毒病的恐惧和焦虑会影响个体的心理行为反应；然而，这可以通过感知压力来解释。
因此，当前研究指出，因新冠病毒病而感知到高压力的个体更有可能遵守指导方针，这为该领域提供了新的见解。当前研究结果适用于卫生政策制定者，以帮助他们理解人类行为，从而制定健康促进计划，并增强普通人群的恢复力。
