Elemo Aman Sado, Kara Ergün, Rostamzadeh Mehran
Department of Psychology, Istanbul Gelisim University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Department of Educational Sciences, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Antalya, Turkey.
Curr Psychol. 2022 Nov 8:1-10. doi: 10.1007/s12144-022-03872-8.
Past researches have found that sense of control and meaning in life can act as a protective factor against fear of COVID-19 pandemic. The current study examined whether the search for meaning and the presence of meaning could mediate the link between fear of COVID-19 and flourishing. A total of 312 Iranians who were identified by snowball sampling were recruited as the subjects of the cross-sectional study. The participants gave their consent to complete the Meaning in Life Scale, Flourishing Scale, and Fear of COVID-19 Scale. The findings demonstrated that fear of COVID-19 had a significant direct effect on flourishing. The presence meaning was positively and significantly connected with flourishing and the search for meaning. Both the search for - and the presence - of meaning were negatively and significantly linked with fear of COVID-19. Mediation analysis demonstrated that a presence of meaning is a protective factor for flourishing, but the search for meaning can be detrimental to flourishing. As a result, it may be worthwhile to conduct longitudinal research to track how the effects of the presence of meaning and the search for meaning vary over time. The study calls on mental health providers to take into account how the presence of meaning might lessen the negative impacts of fear in crisis situations and promote flourishing.
过去的研究发现，掌控感和生活意义感可以作为抵御对新冠疫情恐惧的保护因素。当前的研究考察了对意义的探寻以及意义的存在是否能够介导对新冠疫情的恐惧与蓬勃发展之间的联系。通过滚雪球抽样确定的312名伊朗人被招募为这项横断面研究的对象。参与者同意完成《生活意义量表》《蓬勃发展量表》和《对新冠疫情的恐惧量表》。研究结果表明，对新冠疫情的恐惧对蓬勃发展有显著的直接影响。意义的存在与蓬勃发展以及对意义的探寻呈显著正相关。对意义的探寻和意义的存在都与对新冠疫情的恐惧呈显著负相关。中介分析表明，意义的存在是蓬勃发展的一个保护因素，但对意义的探寻可能对蓬勃发展不利。因此，进行纵向研究以追踪意义的存在和对意义的探寻的影响如何随时间变化可能是值得的。该研究呼吁心理健康服务提供者考虑意义的存在如何减轻危机情况下恐惧的负面影响并促进蓬勃发展。
