Relationship among fear of COVID-19, resilience and quality of life in Indonesian adolescents COVID-19 survivors

10.30207/AHLA.202312.0040

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

fear of COVID-19 ； resilience ； quality of life

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

2023（2023 / 12 / 01）

42 - 42

英文

Background: COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented changes in adolescents' lives and adversely affect their quality of life. Disruptive changes, increasing number of cases, and persistence of the symptoms for the survivors can increase their fears of COVID-19. This negative emotion may play an important role for any psychological problem that can decrease their quality of life. Some studies had found that resilience can promote adjustment and positive coping for people when facing chronic illness. Resilience was also found as a protective variable for quality of life. Objectives: This study aims to assess the relationship among fear of COVID-19, resilience, and quality of life in Indonesian adolescents COVID-19 survivors. Method: This study was conducted on 33 adolescents aged 12-17 years old who tested positive on COVID-19. The instruments used were Fear of COVID-19 Scale, Brief Resilience Scale, and RAND-36. Pearson product-moment correlation was used to analyze the data. Results: Analysis found that there was no correlation between fear of COVID-19 and quality of life (R=-.152, p=.199). It was due to the correlation between fear of COVID-19 and quality of life was not linear but cubic. There was also no correlation between resilience and quality of life (R=.057, p=.377), because the adolescents COVID-19 survivors' quality of life was not determined by resilience. Conclusion: Low level of Fear of Covid-19 positively correlated to quality of life, but at some level, they were negatively correlated, while the correlation between resilience and quality of life still not knowing. Both things are interesting for further discussion.