Social Isolation and Resilience Coping as Correlates of Mental Illness in Adults during Covid-19

ABSTRACT

Objective: The current study has been designed to investigate the relationship between social isolation and mental illness and to identify the mediating role of resilience coping in adults. Method(s) The online data of 600 adults were recruited through a snowball sampling strategy. The age range of the participants was 18 years and above (M=25.64, SD=7.635). UCLA Loneliness Scale (Russel, 1996), Brief Resilience Coping Scale (Sinclair & Wallston, 2004), and Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995) were used. Result(s) Findings showed a significant positive association between social isolation and mental illness, while a negative association between social isolation and resilience coping. Additionally, resilience coping mediated the association between social isolation and mental illness [95% CI (LLCI.0132, ULCI.0802)]. Conclusion(s) Social isolation poses significant mental health risks and resilience coping can be used to improve mental illnesses. Copyright © 2022, Khyber Medical College. All rights reserved.