The Relationship between Intolerance to Uncertainty, Health Cognition and Depression, Stress and Anxiety of Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

This study aims to investigate how the uncertainty created by the Covid-19 pandemic affects the levels of depression, stress and anxiety and the health-related cognition of the individuals participating in the study. Using an easily accessible sampling model, considering the pandemic process, scales were prepared and sent to the participants via Google Forms. With the web-based data collection technique, a total of 556 volunteers, 415 women 74.6% and 141 men 25.4%, were reached. The average age of the participants between the ages of 18 and 80 was found to be 33.22. Depression Anxiety Stress Scale, Health Cognitions Survey and Intolerance to Uncertainty Scale were used. The research emphasized that health cognition and intolerance to uncertainty are predictors of stress. Among the findings, it was emphasized that "negative self-evaluations about uncertainty" and "uncertainty preventing action" caused stress by intolerance to uncertainty. In the study, it was emphasized that there is a significant relationship between depression and anxiety, negative self-evaluations about uncertainty and uncertainty preventing taking action. In the study, intolerance to uncertainty was emphasized as a predictor of anxiety during the Covid-19 pandemic process.

Keywords

• Anxiety
• COVID-19
• Depression
• Stress
• Health Cognition

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