Fear of COVID-19, intolerance of uncertainty, psychological capital, and positive future expectations: Tests of mediating relationships with healthcare workers

Yıldırım, Murat; Çağış, Zafer Güney; Williams, Glenn A.

doi:10.1016/j.apnu.2023.06.016

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“…The external environment has a significant impact on burnout. The researchers found that fear of COVID-19 and coronavirus stress significantly positively predicted COVID-19 burnout (Chen et al, 2023;Yıldırım and Ashraf, 2023;Yıldırım et al, 2023a).This is consistent with our research findings. Our results indicate that both school climate and psychological capital significantly negatively predict academic burnout.…”

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The impact of school climate on academic burnout of Chinese students: the mediating effect of psychological capital

Tang

2024

Front. Educ.

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BackgroundStudents are in their teenage years during middle school, which is a period of acceleration and transition for individual physical and mental development. Therefore, junior high school students are easily influenced by their internal and external environment, leading to academic burnout. The main activity venue for middle school students in school homework is the external environment that affects their academic performance. Psychological capital is the student’s own resource and the external environment that affects their academic performance.AimsThis study aims to explore the interrelationship among school atmosphere, psychological capital, and academic burnout, and construct a theoretical model among them. This study provides practical and feasible methods and guidance suggestions for educational institutions and teachers, helps students improve their mental health level, enhances the positive perception level of the school atmosphere, and alleviates their academic burnout.MethodsBuilding upon previous research on school climate, psychological capital, and academic burnout, this study employed the following research tools: The Perceived School Climate Questionnaire (PSC), the Positive Psychological Questionnaire (PPQ), and the High School Students’ Academic burnout Scale. A questionnaire survey was conducted on 1,267 students from three different regions of Chongqing, involving various types of junior high schools.ResultsThe findings of this study demonstrate that both the external school climate and internal psychological capital exert an impact on academic burnout. A positive school climate can foster the development of psychological capital, subsequently enhancing academic performance. Additionally, psychological capital directly influences academic burnout. The higher the level of positivity is, the more pronounced the alleviating effect becomes. The school climate can directly affect academic burnout, and it can also indirectly affect academic burnout through the mediation of psychological capital, with psychological capital playing a partial mediating role.ConclusionTo avoid academic burnout, schools should actively create a good school atmosphere and mobilize students’ learning enthusiasm; teachers should provide targeted psychological counseling to reduce students’ negative emotional perception; students should correct their learning attitude and recognize their own learning status.

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The impact of school climate on academic burnout of Chinese students: the mediating effect of psychological capital

Tang

2024

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“…The unpredictability of the consequences of uncertain situations, the perception that it can be dangerous, and the lack of control in the face of uncertainty can cause fear (Kannis-Dymand et al, 2015). In studies examining situations that cause uncertainty and fear, such as earthquakes, it has been determined that there is a relationship between intolerance of uncertainty and fear (Doğanülkü et al, 2021;Yıldırım et al, 2023). Uncertainty tends to increase the fear experienced by people (Lissek et al, 2006).…”

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“…Disasters that occur at unexpected times are likely to cause fear in people who are in or near the affected area (Goltz, 2016). Fear is a primitive emotion that triggers a ght-or-ight mechanism in the event of a threat (Yıldırım et al 2023). Especially in situations where it is not known when it will occur, such as earthquakes, people may experience a high level of fear.…”

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The moderating role of gender in the impact of intolerance of uncertainty on earthquake fear

TORPUS,

USTA,

ÖZBAY

et al. 2024

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This study aimed to examine the moderating role of gender in the impact of intolerance of uncertainty on earthquake fear. The population of the study consisted of people from different age groups (n=555). In terms of gender distribution, 71.2% of the sample consisted of female individuals, while the mean age was calculated as 41.1 ± 4.4 (Min = 18; Max = 79). Personal Information Form, Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale, and Fear of Earthquake Scale were employed as data collection tools. The data of the study were examined using SPSS 26 and AMOS 23 package software. The moderation analysis was conducted using the "Process Macro" developed by Hayes. Regression analysis based on the bootstrap method was performed to determine the moderation role of the "gender" factor on the effect of intolerance of uncertainty on the fear of earthquakes. According to the findings, as the level of intolerance of uncertainty increases, the fear of earthquakes also increases. In addition, gender was found to be effective in the fear of earthquakes. Females exhibit higher levels of earthquake fear compared to males. In addition, this effect of gender plays a moderating role in the effect of intolerance of uncertainty on fear of earthquakes. Fear of earthquakes increases at low, medium, and high levels of intolerance of uncertainty, but this increase is higher in females than in males.

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“…Such findings accentuate that ensuring occupational safety isn't merely about adhering to legal obligations; it fosters positive outcomes like heightened work engagement and elevated job satisfaction. When engaged and satisfied, emergency personnel are better positioned to deliver efficient care, ultimately benefiting the healthcare institutions they represent [82][83][84][85][86][87].…”

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Effects of occupational safety performance on work engagement of emergency workers: mediating role of job satisfaction

Caner Akin,

Olcay,

Yildrim

et al. 2024

Disaster Emerg Med J

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Fear of COVID-19, intolerance of uncertainty, psychological capital, and positive future expectations: Tests of mediating relationships with healthcare workers

Cited by 5 publications

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The impact of school climate on academic burnout of Chinese students: the mediating effect of psychological capital

The impact of school climate on academic burnout of Chinese students: the mediating effect of psychological capital

The moderating role of gender in the impact of intolerance of uncertainty on earthquake fear

Effects of occupational safety performance on work engagement of emergency workers: mediating role of job satisfaction

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