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Depression among health care students in the time of COVID-19: The mediating role of resilience in the hopelessness–depression relationship
(SAGE Publications, 2021)
COVID-19 spread rapidly across the world, and by March 2020, the first case of COVID-19
was identified in South Africa. Lockdown-related measures such as restricted movement and
isolation were implemented to contain the ...
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 role of fortitude, loneliness, and depression in the association between risk perception of contracting COVID-19 and life satisfaction: Serial mediation analysis
(SAGE Publications, 2021)
Recently, the COVID-19 pandemic has been found to have a negative impact on both physical
wellbeing and mental health. Increased risk perception of contracting the virus has been associated
with adverse psychological ...
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 ...