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

dc.contributor.authorPadmanabhanunni, Anita
dc.contributor.authorPretorius, Tyrone
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-20T15:27:00Z
dc.date.available2021-09-20T15:27:00Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractThe 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. The results showed high levels of psychological distress among the current sample.en_US
dc.identifier.citationPadmanabhanunni, 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/10.1177/00332941211025269en_US
dc.identifier.issn1558-691X
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/00332941211025269
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/6715
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSAGE Publicationsen_US
dc.subjectAnxietyen_US
dc.subjectCOVID-19en_US
dc.subjectDepressionen_US
dc.subjectLonelinessen_US
dc.subjectRisk perceptionen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.titleBehaviour is the key in a pandemic: The direct and indirect effects of Covid-19-related variables on psychological wellbeingen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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