Research Article

The Mediator Role of Psychological Resilience in the Relationship of Cognitive Flexibility and Fear of COVID-19

Volume: 8 Number: 1 June 30, 2023
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The Mediator Role of Psychological Resilience in the Relationship of Cognitive Flexibility and Fear of COVID-19

Abstract

Covid-19 pandemic is thought to cause a lot of short or long-term mental disorders. In order to reduce these problems the pandemic will create to minimum, it is believed that psychological resilience and cognitive flexibility have an important function. In this respect, the direct and indirect relationships and the mediating role between the psychological resilience, cognitive flexibility and fear of Covid-19 were examined in a Turkish sample consisting of 511 people. The data obtained from this sample group were analyzed by structural equality model. Indirect effect estimate of psychological resilience for was tested with the SPSS Macro Process application on the basis of the bootstrap test. As a result of the analysis found that, mediating role of psychological resilience is significant in the relationship between cognitive flexibility and Covid-19 fear.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Studies on Education

Journal Section

Research Article

Early Pub Date

May 20, 2023

Publication Date

June 30, 2023

Submission Date

March 25, 2023

Acceptance Date

May 20, 2023

Published in Issue

Year 2023 Volume: 8 Number: 1

APA
Bilgiz Öztürk, Ş., & Bilgiz Akbayır, S. (2023). The Mediator Role of Psychological Resilience in the Relationship of Cognitive Flexibility and Fear of COVID-19. Journal of Family Counseling and Education, 8(1), 41-56. https://doi.org/10.32568/jfce.1270737
AMA
1.Bilgiz Öztürk Ş, Bilgiz Akbayır S. The Mediator Role of Psychological Resilience in the Relationship of Cognitive Flexibility and Fear of COVID-19. JFCE. 2023;8(1):41-56. doi:10.32568/jfce.1270737
Chicago
Bilgiz Öztürk, Şeyma, and Sümeyye Bilgiz Akbayır. 2023. “The Mediator Role of Psychological Resilience in the Relationship of Cognitive Flexibility and Fear of COVID-19”. Journal of Family Counseling and Education 8 (1): 41-56. https://doi.org/10.32568/jfce.1270737.
EndNote
Bilgiz Öztürk Ş, Bilgiz Akbayır S (June 1, 2023) The Mediator Role of Psychological Resilience in the Relationship of Cognitive Flexibility and Fear of COVID-19. Journal of Family Counseling and Education 8 1 41–56.
IEEE
[1]Ş. Bilgiz Öztürk and S. Bilgiz Akbayır, “The Mediator Role of Psychological Resilience in the Relationship of Cognitive Flexibility and Fear of COVID-19”, JFCE, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 41–56, June 2023, doi: 10.32568/jfce.1270737.
ISNAD
Bilgiz Öztürk, Şeyma - Bilgiz Akbayır, Sümeyye. “The Mediator Role of Psychological Resilience in the Relationship of Cognitive Flexibility and Fear of COVID-19”. Journal of Family Counseling and Education 8/1 (June 1, 2023): 41-56. https://doi.org/10.32568/jfce.1270737.
JAMA
1.Bilgiz Öztürk Ş, Bilgiz Akbayır S. The Mediator Role of Psychological Resilience in the Relationship of Cognitive Flexibility and Fear of COVID-19. JFCE. 2023;8:41–56.
MLA
Bilgiz Öztürk, Şeyma, and Sümeyye Bilgiz Akbayır. “The Mediator Role of Psychological Resilience in the Relationship of Cognitive Flexibility and Fear of COVID-19”. Journal of Family Counseling and Education, vol. 8, no. 1, June 2023, pp. 41-56, doi:10.32568/jfce.1270737.
Vancouver
1.Şeyma Bilgiz Öztürk, Sümeyye Bilgiz Akbayır. The Mediator Role of Psychological Resilience in the Relationship of Cognitive Flexibility and Fear of COVID-19. JFCE. 2023 Jun. 1;8(1):41-56. doi:10.32568/jfce.1270737

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