Iranian Journal of Health Psychology

In collaboration with Payame Noor University and Iranian Health Psychology

Current Issue

By Issue

By Author

By Subject

Author Index

Keyword Index

About Journal

Aims and Scope

Editorial Board

Journal Metrics

Publication Ethics

Indexing and Abstracting

Related Links

FAQ

Peer Review Process

News

The Relationship between Neuroticism and Psychological Distress in the Covid-19 Pandemic: The Mediating Role of Perceived Stress and Loneliness

Document Type : research

Authors

1 Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Azerbaijan, Tabriz, Iran

2 Department of psychology-faculaty of education and psychology - Azarbijan shahid madani univercity- Tabriz- Iran

3 Department opsychology-Faculaty of education and psychology-Azarbijan shahid madani univercity-Tabriz- Iran

Abstract

Introduction: Whenever there is an outbreak of infectious diseases, psychosocial impact has been observed on individual and social levels globally. The psychological and social effects of the COVID-19 epidemic are potential and widespread, which affect people's mental health in the long term. The present study aimed to investigate the role of neuroticism in predicting psychological distress through perceived stress and loneliness in covid-19.
Method: This research was carried out in the form of correlation and structural equations. The statistical population of the research was all the students of Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, 300 of whom were selected through convenience sampling, and the neuroticism scale was from the short form of the Neo questionnaire, the Cohen et al.'s perceived stress questionnaire, the Kessler psychological distress questionnaire, and the loneliness scale. Social Emotional Assessment for Adults (SELSA-S) was administered to them. Then the obtained data were analyzed using Spss26 and Amos22 software.
Results: The results showed that neuroticism is related to psychological distress through loneliness and perceived stress. Also, there is a positive and significant relationship between the components of loneliness, perceived stress, and neuroticism with stress, anxiety, and depression.
Conclusion: Therefore, considering the increasing spread of psychological distress, it is necessary to reduce people's psychological distress by teaching self-care skills and stress management.

Keywords

Main Subjects

Article Title [Persian]

نقش روان رنجورخویی در پیش بینی پریشانی روانشناختی با واسطه استرس ادراک شده و احساس تنهایی در پاندمی کرونا

Authors [Persian]

  • عزت الله احمدی 1
  • محدثه بیات 2
  • رحیم یوسفی 3

1 گروه روانشناسی- دانشکده علوم تربیتی وروانشناسی- دانشگاه شهیدمدنی آذربایجان-تبریز-ایران

2 گروه روانشناسی- دانشکده علوم تربیتی و روانشناسی- دانشگاه شهید مدنی آذربایجان - تبریز- ایران

3 گروه روانشناسی- دانشکده علوم تربیتی و روانشناسی-دانشگاه شهید مدنی آذربایجان- تبریز- ایران

Abstract [Persian]

هدف:هر زمان طغیان بیماری‌های عفونی وجود داشت؛ تأثیر روانی اجتماعی بر سطوح فردی و اجتماعی و همچنین در سطح جهانی مشاهده شده است. اثرات روانی و اجتماعی همه‌گیری کووید 19بالقوه و فراگیر است که در طولانی مدت بر سلامت روان افراد تاثیر می‌گذارد. هدف مطالعه حاضر بررسی نقش روانرنجوری در پیش‌بینی پریشانی روانشناختی به واسطه‌ی استرس ادراک شده و احساس تنهایی در کووید-19 بود. این پژوهش در قالب طرح همبستگی و معادلات ساختاری انجام شد.
روش: این پژوهش در قالب طرح همبستگی و معادلات ساختاری انجام شد. جامعه آماری پژوهش کلیه دانشجویان دانشگاه اراک و شهیدمدنی آذربایجان بود که 300 نفر از آن‌ها به شیوه نمونه گیری داوطلبانه انتخاب شدند و مقیاس روانرنجوری از فرم کوتاه پرسشنامه نئو، پرسشنامه استرس ادراک شده کوهن و همکاران، پرسشنامه پریشانی روانشناختی کسلر، و مقیاس احساس تنهایی اجتماعی عاطفی برای بزرگسالان (SELSA-S) در مورد آنها اجرا گردید. سپس داده‌های به‌دست آمده با استفاده از نرم افزار Spss26 و Amos22 مورد تجزیه و تحلیل قرار گرفت
نتایج: نتایج نشان داد که روانرنجوری از طریق احساس تنهایی و استرس ادراک شده با پریشانی روانشناختیرابطه دارد. همچنین بین مولفه‌های احساس تنهایی، استرس ادراک شده و روان رنجوری با استرس، اضطراب و افسردگی رابطه مثبت و معنادار وجود دارد.
نتیجه گیری: . با توجه به گسترش روز افزون پریشانی روانشناختی، لازم است با آموزش مهارت‌های خودمراقبتی و مدیریت استرس، پریشانی روانشناختی افراد را کاهش داد.

Keywords [Persian]

  • احساس تنهایی
  • استرس ادراک شده
  • پریشانی روانشناختی
  • روانرنجوری
  • کرونا
References
Albery I, Spada MM , Nikcˇevic AV (2021) The COVID-19 anxiety syndrome and selective attentional bias towards COVID-19-related stimuli in UK residents during the 2020–2021 pandemic. ClinPsycholPsychother 28:1367–1378. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.2639
Anestis MD, Pennings SM, Lavender JM, Tull MT & Gratz KL (2013) Low distress tolerance as an indirect risk factor for suicidal behavior: Considering the explanatory role of non-suicidal self-injury. Comprehensive psychiatry 54(7), 996-1002.
Besser A, Flett GL, Nepon T & Zeigler-Hill V (2020) Personality, cognition, and adaptability to the COVID-19 pandemic: Associations with loneliness, distress, and positive and negative mood states. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-020-00421-x.
Brooks SK, Webster RK, Smith LE, Woodland L, Wessely S, Greenberg N & Rubin GJ (2020) The psychological impact of quarantine and how to reduce it:Rapid review of the evidence. The Lancet 395(10227), 912–920. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30460-8
Dahlberg L (2021) Loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic, Aging & Mental Health 25:7, 1161-1164,https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2021.1875195
Fathi-Ashtiyani A (2016) Psychological tests. Tehran: Beasat Publications.
Formighieri Giordan  R C, Ruiz Giolo S, Da Silva MZ and Muhl C (2022) Risk perception of COVID-19: Susceptibility and severity perceived by the Brazilian population. Journal of Health Psychology 27(6), 1365-1378. https://doi.org/10.1177/135910532110445
Han Y, Jang J, Cho E & Choi KH (2021) Investigating how individual differences influence responses to the COVID-19 crisis: The role of maladaptive and five-factor personality traits. Personality and Individual Differences, 176, Article 110786 https://doi.org/10.1016/j
Horigian V E, Schmidt  RD & Feaster DJ (2020) Loneliness, mental health, and substance use among USyoung adults during COVID-19. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 1–9.https://doi.org/10.1080/02791072.2020.1836435
Hoffart A, Johnson SU & Ebrahimi OV (2020) Loneliness and social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic: Risk factors and associations with psychopathology. Frontiers in Psychiatry 11, Article 589127. https://doi.org/10.3389/
Ikizer G, Kowal M, DileklerAldemir I, Jefti´cA, Memisoglu-Sanli A, Najmussaqib A, Lacko D, Eichel K, Turk F, Chrona S, Ahmed O, Rasmussen J, Kumaga R, Uddin M K, Reynoso-Alcantara V, Pankowski.D, Coll-Martín T (2022) Big Five traits predict stress and loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence for the role of neuroticism. Personality and Individual Differences .https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2022.111531
Killgore W DS, Cloonan SA, Taylor EC, Miller MA, Dailey NS (2020) Three months of loneliness during the COVID-19 lockdown. Psychiatry Research. 293(113392). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113392
Kotov R, Gamez W, Schmidt F, Watson D (2010) Linking "big"personality traits to anxiety, depressive, and substance usedisorders: a meta-analysis. Psychol Bull; 136(5):768-821. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0020327
Kohút M. Kohútova V, Halama P (2021) Big Five predictors of pandemic-related behavior and emotions in the first and second COVID-19 pandemic wave in Slovakia. Personality and Individual Differences 180( 110934). https://doi.org/10.1016/j
Lahey BB (2009) Public health significance of neuroticism.Am Psychol 64(4):241-56. PMID: 19449983 https://doi.org/10.1037/a0015309
Lee SA, Jobe MC, Mathis AA & Gibbons JA (2020) Incremental validity of coronaphobia: Coronavirus anxiety explains depression, generalized anxiety and death anxiety. Journal of Anxiety Disorders 74, 102268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2020.102268
Leyro TM, Zvolensky  MJ & Bernstein A (2010) Distress tolerance and psychopathological symptoms and disorders: a review of the empirical literature among adults. Psychological bulletin 136(4), 576.
Liu S, Lithopoulos A, Zhang CQ, Garcia-Barrera MA & Rhodes RE (2020) Personality and perceived stress during COVID-19 pandemic: Testing the mediating role of perceived threat and efficacy. Personality and Individual Differences 168, 110351. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2020.110351
Mirowsky J & Ross CE (2002) Measurement for a human science. Journal of Health and Social Behavior 152-70.
Mahmoudpour A, Shiri T, Farahbakhsh K, Zolfaghari Sh (2020) Predicting tendency to divorce based on material dissatisfaction and distress tolerance with the mediation of loneliness in women applying for divorce. Culture of Counseling Quarterly and Psychotherapy 11(42) [In Persian].
Modersitzki N, Phan LV, Kuper N & Rauthmann JF (2020) Who is impacted? Personality predicts individual differences in psychological consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany. Social Psychological and Personality Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550620952576.
Minahan J, Falzarano F, Yazdani N & Siedlecki KL (2021) The COVID-19pandemic and psychosocial outcomes across age through the stress and copingframework. The Gerontologist 61(2), 228–239.https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/
Mahalik JR, Di Bianca M & Harris MP (2022) Men’s attitudes toward mask-wearing during COVID-19: Understanding the complexities of mask-ulinity. Journal of Health Psychology 27(5) 1187–1204. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105321990793
Nikčević AV, Marino K, Kolubinski DC, Leach D, Spada MM (2021) Modelling the contribution of the Big Five personality traits, health anxiety, and COVID-19 psychological distress to generalised anxiety and depressive symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Affective Disorders 279, 578–584. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.10.053
Ormel J, Bastiaansena A, Riesea H, Bos EH, Servaas M,Ellenbogen M, et al (2013) The biological and psychological basisof neuroticism: current status and future directions. NeurosciBiobehav Rev 37(1):59-72. PMID: 23068306 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2012.09.004
Palgi Y, Shrira A, Ring  L, Bodner  E, Avidor S, Bergman Y, Cohen-Fridel S,  Keisari S & Hoffman Y (2020) The loneliness pandemic: Loneliness and other concomitants of depression, anxiety and their comorbidity during the COVID-19 outbreak. Journal of Affective Disorders 275, 109–111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j
Poorhosseini-Dehkordi  R, Sajadian I, Sharbafchi MR (2019) The Effectiveness of Compassion-Focused Therapy on Perceived Stress and Psychological Distress in the Women Suffering from Breast Cancer. Quarterly Journal of Health Psychology 8(3).(Series 31). [In Persian].
Saeidian A, Malihi Al-Zakerini S, Ahadi M, SaramiForoushani Gh, Sirafi Mr (2021) The Mediating Role Of Perceived Stress In The Relationship Between Dimensions Of Social Support and Self-Care in Patients with Asthma. Nursing and Midwifery Jouranl 19(1). 20-31 [In Persian].
Sepahvand T, Bayat M (2021) Prediction of Generalized Anxiety in Neurotic People Based on Resilience. Avicenna J Clin Med 28(2): 87-94. DOI: 10.52547/ajcm.28.2.87 [In Persian].
Shi M, Liu L, Wang ZY, Wang L (2015) The mediating role of resilience in the relationship between big five personality and anxiety among Chinese medical students: a cross-sectionalstudy. PloS One;10(3):e0119916. PMID: 25794003https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0119916
Sinyavskaya Y, Eritsyan K,  […], and Sharin, N (2024) Don’t say it’s over: The perceived epidemic stage and COVID preventive behavior. Journal of Health Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1177/13591053231222338
Tso IF & Park S (2020) Alarming levels of psychiatric symptoms and the role of loneliness during the COVID-19 epidemic: A case study of Hong Kong. Psychiatry Research, 293, Article 113423. https://doi.org/10.1016/j
Van der Velden PG, Hyland P, Contino C, von Gaudecker HM, Muffels R & Das M (2021) Anxiety and depression symptoms, the recovery from symptoms, and loneliness before and after the COVID-19 outbreak among the general population: Findings from a dutch population-based longitudinal study. PLOS ONE, 16, Article 245057. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245057
Zacher H & Rudolph CW (2021, in press) Big Five traits as predictors of perceived stressfulness of the COVID-19 pandemic. Personality and Individual Differences
Iranian Journal of Health Psychology
Volume 7, Issue 2 - Serial Number 20
May 2024
Pages 45-56
Files
Share
How to cite
Statistics