Fear of COVID-19 and fear of Earthquake: multiple distressing events and well-being in Croatia

Z Prizmić-Larsen, MT Vujčić… - Psychological …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
People in Croatia have recently experienced two major earthquakes in the midst of COVID-
19 pandemic, which are possible sources of increased fear. In order to capture and …

Intolerance of Uncertainty as a Situational Vulnerability Factor in the Context of the Pandemic: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis of COVID‐19‐Related …

M Akbari, M Seydavi, E Zamani… - Clinical Psychology …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Intolerance of uncertainty (IU) is widely accepted as a transdiagnostic
vulnerability factor for a range of mental health problems. It is considered a transsituational …

The association between depression and addictive social media use during the COVID-19 pandemic: The mediating role of sense of control

Z Vally, M Helmy, L Fourie - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background COVID-19 precipitated a plethora of mental health difficulties, particularly for
those with pre-existing mental health concerns such as depression or addictive tendencies …

Social and behavioral consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic: Validation of a Pandemic Disengagement Syndrome Scale (PDSS) in four national contexts.

G Prati, AD Mancini - Psychological Assessment, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
The aim of the present study was to develop and validate a self-report measure that
investigates people's general disengagement after the acute phases of the pandemic …

A network analysis of the fear of COVID-19 scale (FCV-19S): a large-scale cross-cultural study in Iran, Bangladesh, and Norway

O Lecuona, CY Lin, D Rozgonjuk, TM Norekvål… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The rapid spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has led to high levels of fear
worldwide. Given that fear is an important factor in causing psychological distress and …

Promoting positive social interactions: Recommendation for a post-pandemic school-based intervention for social anxiety

Y Ni, F Jia - Children, 2023 - mdpi.com
The purpose of this perspective article is to identify problematic behaviors during the COVID-
19 pandemic and recommend a school-based intervention (eg, self-reflection, motivational …

Relationship between fear of COVID-19, conspiracy beliefs about vaccines and intention to vaccinate against COVID-19: a cross-national indirect effect model in 13 …

T Caycho-Rodríguez, JM Tomás… - Evaluation & the …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The present study explored the predictive capacity of fear of COVID-19 on the intention to be
vaccinated against COVID-19 and the influence in this relationship of conspiracy beliefs as a …

The Coronavirus Anxiety Scale: Cross-national measurement invariance and convergent validity evidence.

V Jovanović, M Rudnev, M Abdelrahman… - Psychological …, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
Abstract Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS) is a widely used measure that captures somatic
symptoms of coronavirus-related anxiety. In a large-scale collaboration spanning 60 …

Validation of the Spanish version of the fear of COVID-19 scale (FCV-19S) in long-term care settings

P Cárdenas Soriano, C Rodriguez-Blazquez… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Fear of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is one of the main psychological impacts of
the actual pandemic, especially among the population groups with higher mortality rates …

Testing the underlying structure of unfounded beliefs about COVID-19 around the world

P Brzóska, M Żemojtel-Piotrowska… - Thinking & …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Unfounded—conspiracy and health—beliefs about COVID-19 have accompanied the
pandemic worldwide. Here, we examined cross-nationally the structure and correlates of …