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A looming mental health pandemic in the time of COVID-19? Role of fortitude in the interrelationship between loneliness, anxiety, and life satisfaction among young adults
(SAGE, 2021)
This study investigates loneliness, anxiety, and life satisfaction among a sample of young adults in
South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the role of fortitude in the interrelationship
between these ...
Behaviour is the key in a pandemic: The direct and indirect effects of Covid-19-related variables on psychological wellbeing
(SAGE Publications, 2021)
The aim of this study was to investigate the potential role of three COVID-19-related
variables (i.e., risk perception, knowledge, and behaviour) on four indices of pandemicrelated mental health (i.e., anxiety, depression, ...
The unbearable loneliness of COVID-19: COVID-19-related correlates of loneliness in South Africa in young adults
(Elsevier, 2021)
This is the first study to examine the association between COVID-19 related variables and loneliness among young adults in South Africa during COVID-19. Participants (N=337) were university students who completed the UCLA ...
“I teach, therefore i am”: The serial relationship between perceived vulnerability to disease, fear of Covid-19, teacher identification and teacher satisfaction
(MPDI, 2021)
In early 2020, school closures were implemented globally to curb the spread of the COVID19 pandemic. In South Africa, emergency remote teaching was not sustainable, and conventional
teaching resumed in the context of the ...
We Are Not Islands: The Role of Social Support in the Relationship between Perceived Stress during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Psychological Distress
(MDPI, 2023)
COVID-19 containment measures, including social distancing, quarantine, and confinement,
significantly impacted social connectedness and contributed to heightened levels of perceived stress.
Prior research has established ...
Promoting 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
(SAGE Publications Inc, 2023)
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 ...