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What role does mindfulness play in regulating fear of COVID-19 and associated mental health? The results of a cross-sectional study.
Lee, Kunhua; Lee, Yu-Xuan; Cheng, Yu-Tung.
  • Lee K; Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
  • Lee YX; Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
  • Cheng YT; Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Front Psychol ; 13: 969087, 2022.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2242564
ABSTRACT

Objectives:

The pandemic has greatly impacted people's lives and mental health. Therefore, it is now especially important to help people maintain good mental health. The positive effects of mindfulness-based practices on mental health have been demonstrated previously. However, no consensus has yet been reached on the potential mechanisms of mindfulness. This study adopted the two-component model of mindfulness to explain the relationships between fear of COVID-19, and mental health. We proposed the following hypothetical model (1) fear of COVID-19 could affect orientation to experience; (2) orientation to experience could affect mental health. Directly; (3) fear of COVID-19 could mental health directly; (4) orientation to experience could be a mediator between fear of COVID-19 and mental health.

Methods:

We conducted an online survey in the present study. Three hundred and forty-four respondents were recruited to participate in the present study. After informed consent, they completed the questionnaires on the websites. The participants were asked to complete a questionnaire including the Beck Depression Inventory-II, Beck Anxiety Inventory, the Taiwan version of the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire, and the Fear of COVID-19 Scale. Descriptive analysis and structural equation modeling were used to analyze the data and examine the goodness-of-fit indices.

Results:

Our results not only showed orientation to experience playing as a mediator between fear of COVID-19 and mental health; but also confirmed the roles of nonjudgment and nonreactivity in regulating emotions.

Conclusion:

Experimentation and longitudinal study could be applied to examine the roles of nonjudgment and nonreactivity in the future.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Cohort study / Observational study / Prognostic study / Randomized controlled trials Language: English Journal: Front Psychol Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Fpsyg.2022.969087

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Cohort study / Observational study / Prognostic study / Randomized controlled trials Language: English Journal: Front Psychol Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Fpsyg.2022.969087