What role does mindfulness play in regulating fear of COVID-19 and associated mental health? The results of a cross-sectional study.
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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Randomized controlled trials
Language:
English
Journal:
Front Psychol
Year:
2022
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Article
Affiliation country:
Fpsyg.2022.969087
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