Abstract
The current study investigated whether there are significant relationships between life satisfaction and meaning in life, hope and COVID-19 fear and the extent to which life satisfaction is predicted by these variables. The study group of this research consists of 1,186 adults with the mean age of 41.04. Study group participants are consists of different cities of different regions of Turkey. As the data collection tools, the life satisfaction scale, the meaning in life scale, the dispositional hope scale and the COVID-19 fear scale were used. The results of the analyses have revealed that meaning in life, hope (actuating thinking and alternative ways thinking) are significant predictors of life satisfaction as positively. Besides, it is seen COVID-19 fear, age, gender and the presence of people infected with COVID-19 around aren’t significant predictors of life satisfaction in adults.
Highlights
As a result of cases of unknown etiology seen in Wuhan City, of China in December 2019, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome; that is, Corona disease was named as COVID-19 by the World Health Organization (WHO) (Wang C. et al, 2020)
The present study aims to determine whether life satisfaction has significant relationships with meaning in life, hope, COVID-19 fear, age, gender and the presence of people infected with COVID-19 around
In order to find answers to the research questions, Pearson correlation coefficient analysis was used to determine the relationships between the variables and Multiple Linear Regression Analysis was conducted to determine the extent to which, meaning in life, hope, COVID-19 fear, age, gender, the presence of people infected with COVID-19 around predict life satisfaction in adults
Summary
As a result of cases of unknown etiology seen in Wuhan City, of China in December 2019, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome; that is, Corona disease was named as COVID-19 by the World Health Organization (WHO) (Wang C. et al, 2020). Individuals who cannot access social support networks when they need it cannot meet their congenital attachment and acceptance needs This may lead to psychological and emotional disorders such as depression, anxiety, substance abuse and suicidal ideation throughout the society (Godinic et al, 2020). According to the data published on the website of the WHO, it is seen that there were 54.301.156 confirmed cases and 1.316.994 deaths worldwide within the scope of the corona virus outbreak on November 16, 20201 (World Health Organization [WHO], 2020a). On the same date by the health ministry confirmed cases in Turkey, the total number of 417.594, while the number of
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