Fear of COVID-19, loneliness, smartphone addiction, and mental wellbeing among the Turkish general population: a serial mediation model
Yazarlar (5)
Doç. Dr. Ahmet Rıfat KAYİŞ Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Doç. Dr. Begüm Satıcı Artvin Çoruh Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Mehmet Engin Deniz Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Seydi Ahmet Satıcı Artvin Çoruh Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Mark D. Griffiths Griffiths
Makale Türü Özgün Makale (SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale)
Dergi Adı BEHAVIOUR & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (Q2)
Dergi ISSN 0144-929X Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SSCI
Makale Dili İngilizce Basım Tarihi 08-2022
Kabul Tarihi 15-05-2021 Yayınlanma Tarihi 26-05-2021
Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa 41 / 11 / 2484–2496 DOI 10.1080/0144929X.2021.1933181
Makale Linki http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0144929x.2021.1933181
UAK Araştırma Alanları
Psikolojik Danışmanlık Eğitimi Okul Psikolojik Danışmanlığı
Özet
The novel coronavirus-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has become a major health problem worldwide. The impact of COVID-19 has also been associated with psychological and social problems. The main objective of the present study was to examine the associations between fear of COVID-19 and mental wellbeing, through a serial mediation analysis that included loneliness and smartphone addiction. Utilising convenience sampling from 73 of 81 cities in Turkey via the web-based survey the present study comprised 773 participants (556 females and 217 males; aged between 18 and 66 years) were collected. Self-report data were collected including psychometric measures assessing fear of COVID-19, loneliness, smartphone addiction, and mental wellbeing. Fear of COVID-19 was found to have both a direct and indirect effect on mental wellbeing. In addition, results supported a serial mediation model where fear …
Anahtar Kelimeler
COVID-19 | mental wellbeing | loneliness | smartphone addiction | fear of COVID-19 | Turkey