Abstract

CELIK, Eyüp; BICENER, Eda; BAYıN, Ümit  and  UğUR, Erol. Mediation role of anxiety sensitivity on the relationships between intolerance of uncertainty and fear of COVID-19. Anal. Psicol. [online]. 2022, vol.38, n.1, pp.1-6.  Epub June 13, 2022. ISSN 1695-2294.  https://dx.doi.org/10.6018/analesps.469511.

The aim of the present study is to explore the mediation role of anxiety sensitivity on the relationships between intolerance of uncertainty and fear of COVID-19. The study was conducted with the relational method. The research data were collected online from 302 individuals (Male n = 76, Female n = 226) with Fear of COVID-19 Scale, Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3, and Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale. The result of both mediation analysis and bootstrapping analysis (with 5000 bootstrap resamples) showed that the relationship between intolerance of uncertainty and fear of COVID-19 was mediated by anxiety sensitivity. Anxiety sensitivity decreased the effect of intolerance of uncertainty on fear of COVID-19. Moreover, comparing intolerance of uncertainty and anxiety sensitivity in terms of their predictive levels of the fear of COVID-19, it was concluded that anxiety sensitivity predicted the fear of COVID-19 more, and that anxiety sensitivity included the variance of intolerance to the uncertainty associated with the fear of COVID-19.

Keywords : Anxiety; Anxiety sensitivity; Intolerance of uncertainty; Fear of COVID-19.

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