The relationship between fear of COVID‐19 and health anxiety among families with COVID‐19 infected: The mediating role of metacognitions, intolerance of uncertainty and emotion regulation
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Akbari, M., Spada, M., Nikčević, A. and Zamani, E. (2021). The relationship between fear of COVID‐19 and health anxiety among families with COVID‐19 infected: The mediating role of metacognitions, intolerance of uncertainty and emotion regulation. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy. 28 (6), pp. 1354-1366. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.2628
Authors | Akbari, M., Spada, M., Nikčević, A. and Zamani, E. |
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Abstract | The current study aimed to investigate the mediating role of metacognitions, intolerance of uncertainty and emotion regulation in the relationship between fear of COVID-19 (FC-19) and health anxiety, among families with COVID-19 infected. Participants were 541 individuals from family members of patients with COVID-19 (F = 52.3%, mean age = 41.3 ± 13.2 years). Data were collected with a packet including sociodemographic and risk factors, the Fear of COVID-19 Scale, the Short Health Anxiety Inventory, the Metacognitions Questionnaire 30, the Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale-12 and the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire. Structural equation modelling analyses revealed a full mediation of metacognitions (i.e., positive beliefs about worry, negative beliefs about thoughts concerning uncontrollability and danger, cognitive confidence and beliefs about the need to control thoughts), intolerance of uncertainty and expressive suppression in the relation between FC-19 and health anxiety. Moreover, the strongest indirect links were found between FC-19 and health anxiety through negative beliefs about thoughts concerning uncontrollability and danger and intolerance of uncertainty. These associations were independent of gender and risk status. The final model accounted for 71% of the variance of health anxiety. These findings suggest that particularly metacognitions, intolerance of uncertainty and expressive suppression play a full mediational role in the relation between FC-19 and health anxiety. [Abstract copyright: © 2021 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.] |
Keywords | Clinical Psychology |
Year | 2021 |
Journal | Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy |
Journal citation | 28 (6), pp. 1354-1366 |
Publisher | Wiley |
ISSN | 1063-3995 |
1099-0879 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.2628 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 16 Jun 2021 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 03 Jun 2021 |
Deposited | 10 Nov 2021 |
Accepted author manuscript | File Access Level Open |
Additional information | This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: The relationship between fear of COVID-19 and health anxiety among families with COVID-19 infected: The mediating role of metacognitions, intolerance of uncertainty and emotion regulation, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.2628. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. This article may not be enhanced, enriched or otherwise transformed into a derivative work, without express permission from Wiley or by statutory rights under applicable legislation. Copyright notices must not be removed, obscured or modified. The article must be linked to Wiley’s version of record on Wiley Online Library and any embedding, framing or otherwise making available the article or pages thereof by third parties from platforms, services and websites other than Wiley Online Library must be prohibited |
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