Behaviour is the key in a pandemic: The direct and indirect effects of Covid-19-related variables on psychological wellbeing
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Date
2021
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SAGE Publications
Abstract
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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Keywords
Anxiety, Behaviour, Covid-19, Depression, Loneliness
Citation
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