People who contracted COVID-19: the mediating role of shame and guilt in the link between threatening illness perception and mental health measures.
Anxiety Stress Coping
; 35(1): 72-85, 2022 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1341064
ABSTRACT
Background and Objectives:
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the mental health of a range of people, including healthcare workers, the general population, and COVID-19 patients. This study examined the psychological distress, negative affect, and positive affect of people who contracted COVID-19 in Israel, and their relation to threatening illness perception, guilt, and shame.Design:
Cross-sectional design.Methods:
Three hundred and fifty-one participants who had contracted COVID-19 completed self-report questionnaires assessing the study variables.Results:
The results revealed a direct positive link between threatening COVID-19 illness perception and psychological distress and negative affect, and a negative link with positive affect. In addition, shame and guilt were significant mediators; namely, threatening COVID-19 illness perception was linked with negative affect via guilt, and with psychological distress, negative affect, and positive affect via shame.Conclusions:
Illness perception, shame, and guilt may have a significant negative effect on the mental health of people who contracted COVID-19, and should be acknowledged and addressed by professionals.Keywords
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Anxiety Stress Coping
Journal subject:
Behavioral Sciences
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Psychology
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
10615806.2021.1964073
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