Research Publicationshttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/3962024-03-29T07:58:55Z2024-03-29T07:58:55ZThe resilience of South African school teachers in the time of covid-19: coping with risk of infection, loneliness, and anxietyPadmanabhanunni, AnitaPretorius, Tyronehttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/93192024-02-16T00:00:37Z2023-01-01T00:00:00ZThe resilience of South African school teachers in the time of covid-19: coping with risk of infection, loneliness, and anxiety
Padmanabhanunni, Anita; Pretorius, Tyrone
The COVID-19 pandemic precipitated an overall increase in the global prevalence of mental health disorders and psychological distress. However, against this backdrop, there was also evidence of adaptation and coping, which suggested the influence of protective factors. The current study aims to extend previous research on the role of protective factors by investigating the health-sustaining and mediating roles of resilience in the relationship between perceived vulnerability to disease, loneliness, and anxiety. Participants consisted of a convenience sample of schoolteachers (N = 355) who completed the Perceived Vulnerability to Disease Questionnaire, the short form of the Connor– Davidson Resilience Scale, the University of California, Los Angeles Loneliness Scale, and the trait scale of the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Scale, through an online link created with Google Forms. The results of path analysis indicated significant negative associations between resilience and both loneliness and anxiety. These results indicate the health-sustaining role of resilience. In addition, resilience mediated the relationships between germ aversion and perceived infectability, on the one hand, and loneliness and anxiety, on the other hand. The findings confirm that resilience can play a substantial role in counteracting the negative impact of the pandemic on mental health.
2023-01-01T00:00:00ZPromoting well-being in the face of a pandemic: the role of sense of coherence and ego-resilience in the relationship between psychological distress and life satisfactionPadmanabhanunni, AnitaPretorius, Tyrone Bhttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/93142024-02-16T00:00:39Z2023-01-01T00:00:00ZPromoting well-being in the face of a pandemic: the role of sense of coherence and ego-resilience in the relationship between psychological distress and life satisfaction
Padmanabhanunni, Anita; Pretorius, Tyrone B
COVID-19 has impacted negatively on the lives and academic activities of university students. This has contributed to increasing levels of psychological distress among this population group. Intrinsic and contextual factors can mediate the psychological impact of the pandemic. The study focuses on sense of coherence and ego-resilience as potential protective factors on indices of psychological distress and life satisfaction. Participants were undergraduate students (N = 337) at a South African university who completed six self-report questionnaires, namely, the Beck Hopelessness Scale, the University of California Los Angeles Loneliness Scale, the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale, the Sense of Coherence Scale, the Ego-Resilience Scale, and the Satisfaction with Life Scale.
2023-01-01T00:00:00ZFrom fear and vulnerability to fortitude: sustaining psychological well-being in the face of the COVID-19 pandemicPadmanabhanunni, AnitaPretorius, Tyrone Bhttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/93082024-02-16T00:00:38Z2023-01-01T00:00:00ZFrom fear and vulnerability to fortitude: sustaining psychological well-being in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic
Padmanabhanunni, Anita; Pretorius, Tyrone B
Despite the societal increase in mental health disorders during the initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, many individuals were able to cope effectively with new mental health challenges. The heterogeneity in responses to adversity underscores the influence of protective factors in promoting coping behaviour. The current study investigates fortitude as a potential protective resource by examining the potential direct, mediating, and moderating roles of fortitude in the relationship between perceived vulnerability to disease, fear of COVID-19, and indices of psychological well-being. Participants (n = 355) were schoolteachers who completed the Perceived Vulnerability to Disease Questionnaire, Fear of COVID-19 Scale, Fortitude Questionnaire, UCLA Loneliness Scale, trait scale of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Beck Hopelessness Scale, and the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale.
2023-01-01T00:00:00ZScoping review protocol exploring the relationship between food insecurity, mental health and diet intake among adolescents across the globeNkwanyana, AkhonaFlorence, MariaSwart, Elizabeth Catherinahttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/92782024-01-27T00:00:40Z2023-01-01T00:00:00ZScoping review protocol exploring the relationship between food insecurity, mental health and diet intake among adolescents across the globe
Nkwanyana, Akhona; Florence, Maria; Swart, Elizabeth Catherina
Studies, exploring the effect of food insecurity on physical and mental health, have shown that food insecurity is associated with lower self-reports of physical and mental health. With the COVID-19 pandemic, food insecurity has increased leading to higher risks of poor mental health. Despite evidence of the negative implications of food insecurity on mental health, there is a paucity of research on these variables for adolescents specifically. The current evidence shows there is a gap in adolescent centred research linking mental health and food insecurity globally. Adolescence is a crucial period of development where habits, nutritional inadequacies linked to food insecurity and mental health problems formed due to these inadequacies can be conveyed into adulthood. The aim of this study is to systematically scope the literature exploring the relationship between mental health, food (in) security and/or diet intake of adolescents
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