ArticleEuropean journal of investigation in health, psychology and education2023
Psychological Distress Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Protective Role of Hope.
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- Psychological distress among nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic: a hybrid concept analysis.BMC psychology · 2025Pooled it
- Predictors of societal and individual resilience across two and a half years of varied adversities.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Hope and Distress: A Cross-Country Study Amid the Russian-Ukrainian War.Stress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress · 2025Article
- Resilience and coping during protracted conflict: a comparative analysis of general and evacuees populations.Israel journal of health policy research · 2024Article
- The Role of Social Determinants of Health in Self-Reported Psychological Distress among United States Adults Post-COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- The mediating role of self-esteem in the relationship between hope and life satisfaction among university students during a global health crisis.Health science reports · 2024Article
- Unveiling factors shaping distress levels over 2.5 years of enduring adversity.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- The association between gratitude and distress tolerance in undergraduate students: the mediating effect of hope and fear of COVID-19.Australian journal of psychology · 2024Article
- Psychological Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown and Its Evolution: A Case Study Based on Internet Searching Data during the Lockdown of Wuhan 2020 and Shanghai 2022.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
The COVID-19 outbreak and the worldwide lockdown measures had an impact on the global mental health and psychological well-being of the general population. Several studies attempted to investigate the protective and risk factors for psychological distress related to the pandemic. However, to date, little is known about the role of hope in this context. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between hope and psychological distress related to the COVID-19 outbreak in the general population. The sample consisted of 504 Pakistani people who completed cross-sectionally the COVID-19 Peritraumatic Distress Index (CPDI) and the Adult Hope Scale (AHS). Bivariate Pearson correlation analysis was run to measure the relationship between hope and psychological distress; hierarchical regression analysis was run to investigate the association between demographics and hope with psychological distress. Higher levels of hope predicted lower levels of psychological distress. Being female, being older, lower level of education, urban residence, being married and living in nuclear family systems were associated with higher levels of psychological distress. The study highlights the protective role of hope on psychological distress related to COVID-19, contributing to knowledge on factors promoting positive mental health during emergency times and providing useful information for implementing effective public health policies and programmes.
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