Zhang Huichun, Jasim Saade Abdalkareem, Suksatan Wanich, Hashim Alghazali Tawfeeq Abdulameer, Doewes Rumi Iqbal, Jalil Abduladheem Turki, Patra Indrajit, Singer Nermeen, Failoc-Rojas Virgilio E, Marhoon Haydar Abdulameer, Mustafa Yasser Fakri, Ramírez-Coronel Andrés Alexis, Abdollahi Abbas
Student Work Department of the Party Committee and Student Work Department, Inner Mongolia University of Technology, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China.
Medical Laboratory Techniques Department, Al-Maarif University College, Al-Anbar-Ramadi, Iraq.
Front Psychiatry. 2022 Sep 6;13:990678. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.990678. eCollection 2022.
The societal challenges presented by fear related to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic may present unique challenges for an individual's mental health. However, the moderating role of compassion in the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and mental health has not been well-studied. The present study aimed to explore the association between fear of COVID-19 and mental health, as well as test the buffering role of compassion in this relationship.
The participants in this study were 325 Iranian undergraduate students (228 females), aged 18-25 years, who completed questionnaires posted on social networks via a web-based platform.
The results showed that fear of COVID-19 was positively related with physical symptoms, social function, depressive symptoms, and anxiety symptoms. The results also showed that compassion was negatively associated with physical symptoms, social function, depressive symptoms, and anxiety symptoms. The interaction-moderation analysis revealed that compassion moderated the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and subscale of mental health.
Results highlight the important role of compassion in diminishing the effect of fear of COVID-19 on the mental health (physical symptoms, social function, depressive symptoms, and anxiety symptoms) of undergraduate students.
与冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行相关的恐惧所带来的社会挑战可能给个人心理健康带来独特挑战。然而，同情心在对COVID-19的恐惧与心理健康之间的关系中所起的调节作用尚未得到充分研究。本研究旨在探讨对COVID-19的恐惧与心理健康之间的关联，并检验同情心在这种关系中的缓冲作用。
本研究的参与者为325名年龄在18至25岁之间的伊朗本科生（228名女性），他们通过网络平台完成了在社交网络上发布的问卷。
结果显示，对COVID-19的恐惧与身体症状、社会功能、抑郁症状和焦虑症状呈正相关。结果还显示，同情心与身体症状、社会功能、抑郁症状和焦虑症状呈负相关。交互作用分析表明，同情心调节了对COVID-19的恐惧与心理健康子量表之间的关系。
结果凸显了同情心在减轻对COVID-19的恐惧对本科生心理健康（身体症状、社会功能、抑郁症状和焦虑症状）的影响方面的重要作用。
