The Relation Between Resilience and Subjective Happiness among Covid-19 survivor with comorbidities: The Mediating Role of Fear of COVID-19

10.30207/AHLA.202312.0021

Endang Widyorini；Margaretha Sih Setija Utami；Daniswara Agusta Wijaya；Benedicta Audrey Putri Trisnadewi；Josephine Ferren Heryanto

fear of covid-19 ； resilience ； survivor with comorbidities

The Proceeding of the 9th AHLA International Health Literacy Conference: Health Literacy and Social Resilience

2023（2023 / 12 / 01）

22 - 22

英文

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on all aspects of life including psychological problems. Previous research found that people have high fear because of situations such as contracting COVID-19, especially survivors with comorbidities. However, due to the development of positive psychology, researchers have focused not only on treating negative psychological impacts, but also on promoting positive states, which promote mental health. Objective: This study aims to determine the role of fear of Covid-19 in the relationship between subjective happiness and resilience among survivors who have comorbidities. Method: The study was conducted on 96 people, ages 17 to 60 years and over. The instruments used include the Subjective Happiness Scale, Fear of COVID-19 Scale, and Brief Resilience Scale. Pearson's correlations were used to examine the relationships between the variables of this study (resilience, fear of COVID-19, subjective happiness). For the mediation model, fear of COVID-19 was the mediator between resilience as the independent variable and subjective happiness as the dependent variable. The PROCESS Macro for SPSS was used for the mediation analysis. Results: Results presented that resilience is a negative predictor of the fear of COVID-19 and a positive predictor of subjective happiness and the COVID-19 fear is a negative predictor of subjective happiness (r=.281; p= .022). There is no significant direct effect between subjective happiness and resilience. Conclusion: In conclusion, the fear of COVID-19 mediates the relationship between resilience and happiness among survivors with comorbidities. Resilience has an important role in hindering fear of COVID-19, which will contribute to better happiness.