Behaviour is the key in a pandemic: The direct and indirect effects of Covid-19-related variables on psychological wellbeing

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2021

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The aim of this study was to investigate the potential role of three COVID-19-related variables (i.e., risk perception, knowledge, and behaviour) on four indices of pandemicrelated mental health (i.e., anxiety, depression, loneliness, and hopelessness). In total, 337 participants completed four self-report questionnaires: selected subscales of the World Health Organisation’s COVID-19 Behavioural Insights Tool, UCLA Loneliness Scale, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory–Trait Scale, Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, and Beck Hopelessness Scale. In addition to descriptive statistics and intercorrelations, structural equation modelling was used to compare three models of the potential role (predictor or moderator/mediator) that the three abovementioned COVID-19-related variables could play in psychological wellbeing.

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Anxiety, Behaviour, Covid-19, Depression, Loneliness

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Padmanabhanunni, A., & Pretorius, T. (2021). Behaviour is the key in a pandemic: The direct and indirect effects of Covid-19-related variables on psychological wellbeing. Psychological Reports, 0(0), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1177/00332941211025269

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https://doi.org/10.1177/00332941211025269
 http://hdl.handle.net/10566/7462

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