Abstract
The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is impactful on all aspects of individuals’ lives, particularly mental health due to the fear and spirituality associated with the pandemic. Thus, purpose of this study was to identify the relationship among fear, spirituality, and mental health on COVID-19 among adults in Malaysia. This study also examines spirituality as a mediator in relationship between fear and mental health. The study involved around 280 adults in Malaysia. This research is a quantitative study. Data analysis method (SEM-PLS) has been used for data analysis. Based on descriptive analysis, mental health questionnaire indicated that 60.0% of them are at a poor level of mental health whereas 57.5% of respondents showed a moderate level of COVID-19 fear, and 60.4% of respondents owned moderate level of spiritual well-being. The results also demonstrated that respondents that have a high level of fear would have a high level of mental health; interestingly, those with a high level of spirituality will have a lower level of mental health. Findings indicated that spirituality significantly mediated the relationship between fear and mental health. This research will help to demonstrate how important spirituality values to control mental health to be more positive among adults in Malaysia. The main contributions of this study are to help come out with new intervention method for those who are mentally ill and need help.
Highlights
In early 2020, coronavirus disease (COVID-19), originating from Wuhan in Hubei province, began to spread throughout China (Li et al, 2020)
96.4% of respondents showed a moderate level of COVID-19 fear, and 60.4% of respondents owned a moderate level of spiritual well-being
This study aimed to investigate whether (a) fear of COVID-19 is related to spirituality, (b) spirituality is related to mental health, (c) fear of COIVD10 is related to mental health, and (d) whether spirituality mediates the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and mental health
Summary
In early 2020, coronavirus disease (COVID-19), originating from Wuhan in Hubei province, began to spread throughout China (Li et al, 2020). World Health Organization (WHO) stated that there is a high risk of COVID-19 spreading to other countries worldwide. In March 2020, WHO assessed that COVID-19 could be characterized as a pandemic (WHO, 2020). The majority of countries in the world have to take drastic measures to adopt a nationwide lockdown and practice social distancing to fight against and to flatten the curve of the COVID-19 infection. The spread of the disease without any vaccine and uncertainty and low expectations of COVID-19 threaten people’s physical health and poses challenges to people’s mental health for the entire human race. In Italy, local people have high levels of stress due to no firm estimate
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