Perceived risk and parental coronavirus anxiety in healthcare workers: a moderated mediation role of coronavirus fear and mental well-being. Issue 5 (28th May 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Yıldırım, Murat; Özaslan, Ahmet; Arslan, Gökmen
• Is Part Of: Psychology, health & medicine. Volume 27:Issue 5(2022)
• Page Start: 1095
• Page End: 1106
• Publication Date: 2022-05-28
• Subjects: Coronavirus risk -- coronavirus fear -- mental well-being -- parental coronavirus anxiety -- healthcare workers; Medicine and psychology -- Periodicals; Clinical health psychology -- Periodicals; 610
• DOI: 10.1080/13548506.2021.1871771
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1354-8506

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to examine the associations between perceived coronavirus risk, coronavirus fear, mental well-being and parental coronavirus anxiety, as well as the mediating role of coronavirus fear and moderating role of mental well-being. The sample comprised 189 healthcare workers (M = 33.06 ± 6.92), who were treating patients with COVID-19 in a pandemic hospital in Turkey. Ninety-one participants were males and 98 females. Participants completed measures of perceived coronavirus risk, coronavirus fear, mental well-being and parental coronavirus anxiety. Parental Coronavirus Anxiety Scale had a one-factor structure, with satisfactory reliability. Main findings showed that coronavirus fear mediated the relationship between coronavirus risk and parental coronavirus anxiety. Mental well-being moderated the effect of coronavirus risk on parental coronavirus anxiety. The mediation effect of coronavirus fear was moderated by mental well-being. These findings explain why and when mental well-being-based interventions could be effective in reducing perceived coronavirus risk, fear and parental coronavirus anxiety about their children.