Intolerance of uncertainty and mental wellbeing: serial mediation by rumination and fear of covid-19
Citation
Satıcı, B., Sarıçalı, M., Satıcı, S. A., & Griffiths, M. D. (2020). Intolerance of Uncertainty and Mental Wellbeing: Serial Mediation by Rumination and Fear of COVID-19. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 1.Abstract
The novel coronavirus-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has become globally widespread
with millions of confirmed cases and many countries implementing various levels of
quarantine. Therefore, it is important to investigate the psychological consequences of
this process, given the unique situation that has been experienced globally. Therefore, the
present study examined whether intolerance of uncertainty was related to mental
wellbeing and whether this relationship was mediated by rumination and fear of
COVID-19. The sample comprised 1772 Turkish individuals (aged between 18 and
73 years) from 79 of 81 cities in Turkey, who completed measures of mental wellbeing,
intolerance of uncertainty, rumination, and fear of COVID-19. Results of serial mediation
analyses showed that intolerance of uncertainty had a significant direct effect on mental
wellbeing. Rumination and fear of COVID-19, in combination, serially mediated the
association between intolerance of uncertainty and mental wellbeing. The findings are
discussed within the framework of the psychological consequences of the COVID-19
pandemic and related literature.