The role of fortitude, loneliness, and depression in the association between risk perception of contracting COVID-19 and life satisfaction: Serial mediation analysis

dc.contributor.authorPadmanabhanunn, Anita
dc.contributor.authorPretorius, Tyrone
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-20T12:35:06Z
dc.date.available2021-09-20T12:35:06Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractRecently, the COVID-19 pandemic has been found to have a negative impact on both physical wellbeing and mental health. Increased risk perception of contracting the virus has been associated with adverse psychological outcomes and reduced life satisfaction. However, susceptibility to psychological distress is influenced by personality-related characteristics. This study focuses on fortitude as a potential protective factor. The aim of this study is to investigate the parallel and serial mediating roles of fortitude, loneliness, and depression in the relationship between risk perception and life satisfaction. The participants were young adults (N=337) who have completed five self-report questionnaires: University of California Los Angeles Loneliness Scale, Centre for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale, Fortitude Questionnaire, Satisfaction with Life Scale, and COVID-19 Risk Perception Scale. Descriptive statistics were generated, and structural equation modelling was used to examine the parallel and serial mediating roles of loneliness, depression, and fortitude. Positive associations were found between risk perception and loneliness and depression, and fortitude was found to mediate the relationship between risk perception and life satisfaction, between loneliness and life satisfaction, and between depression and life satisfaction.en_US
dc.identifier.citationPadmanabhanunni, A., & Pretorius, T. (2021). The role of fortitude, loneliness, and depression in the association between risk perception of contracting COVID-19 and life satisfaction: serial mediation analysis. South African Journal of Psychology,1-10. https://doi.org/10.1177/00812463211037811en_US
dc.identifier.issn00812463
dc.identifier.uri10.1177/00812463211037811
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/6711
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSAGE Publicationsen_US
dc.subjectCOVID-19en_US
dc.subjectDepressionen_US
dc.subjectLonelinessen_US
dc.subjectRisk perceptionen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.subjectLife satisfactionen_US
dc.titleThe role of fortitude, loneliness, and depression in the association between risk perception of contracting COVID-19 and life satisfaction: Serial mediation analysisen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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