The Resilience of South African School Teachers in the Time of COVID-19: Coping with Risk of Infection, Loneliness, and Anxiety

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dc.contributor.authorPadmanabhanunni, Anita
dc.contributor.authorPretorius, Tyrone
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-06T09:00:57Z
dc.date.available2023-03-06T09:00:57Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractThe COVID-19 pandemic precipitated an overall increase in the global prevalence of mental health disorders and psychological distress. However, against this backdrop, there was also evidence of adaptation and coping, which suggested the influence of protective factors. The current study aims to extend previous research on the role of protective factors by investigating the health-sustaining and mediating roles of resilience in the relationship between perceived vulnerability to disease, loneliness, and anxiety. Participants consisted of a convenience sample of schoolteachers (N = 355) who completed the Perceived Vulnerability to Disease Questionnaire, the short form of the Connor– Davidson Resilience Scale, the University of California, Los Angeles Loneliness Scale, and the trait scale of the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Scale, through an online link created with Google Forms. The results of path analysis indicated significant negative associations between resilience and both loneliness and anxiety. These results indicate the health-sustaining role of resilience. In addition, resilience mediated the relationships between germ aversion and perceived infectability, on the one hand, and loneliness and anxiety, on the other hand. The findings confirm that resilience can play a substantial role in counteracting the negative impact of the pandemic on mental health.en_US
dc.identifier.citationPadmanabhanunni, A., & Pretorius, T. (2023). The resilience of south african school teachers in the time of COVID-19: Coping with risk of infection, loneliness, and anxiety. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(4) doi:10.3390/ijerph20043462en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps//doi.org:/10.3390/ijerph20043462
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/8532
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherNLM (Medline)en_US
dc.subjectGerm aversionen_US
dc.subjectPerceived infectabilityen_US
dc.subjectLonlinessen_US
dc.subjectResilienceen_US
dc.subjectAnxietyen_US
dc.titleThe Resilience of South African School Teachers in the Time of COVID-19: Coping with Risk of Infection, Loneliness, and Anxietyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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