Fear of COVID-19, traumatic growth, and traumatic stress symptoms: the mediating role of basic psychological needs
Although COVID-19 brought many negative psychological consequences, many people also experienced psychological growth. The present study investigated why this happened and hypothesized that self-determination theory’s (SDT’s) basic psychological needs (BPNs) may play a role in this explanation. Base...
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| description | Although COVID-19 brought many negative psychological consequences, many people also experienced psychological growth. The present study investigated why this happened and hypothesized that self-determination theory’s (SDT’s) basic psychological needs (BPNs) may play a role in this explanation. Based on SDT, this cross-sectional study hypothesized that both the satisfaction and frustration of BPNs mediated the associations between fear of COVID-19, post-traumatic growth (PTG), and post-traumatic stress (PTS) symptoms. A sample of 391 Peruvian adults (70.6% women; Mage = 35.04, age range between 18 and 84) responded to several valid and reliable questionnaires: Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV.19S); Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction and Frustration Scale (BPNSFS); Impact Event Scale-Revised (IES-R); Post-Traumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI). The results showed that need satisfaction mediated the negative association between fear of COVID-19 and PTG, and need frustration mediated the positive association between fear of COVID-19 and PTG. In addition, a direct effect was found from fear of COVID-19 toward PTS symptoms. The results showed the importance of considering SDT’s BPNs in explaining PTG and PTS after experiencing fear of COVID-19. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0254c7c3e6bf4f399bc5011d880f81e12025-01-23T06:55:59ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782025-01-011510.3389/fpsyg.2024.14400011440001Fear of COVID-19, traumatic growth, and traumatic stress symptoms: the mediating role of basic psychological needsRafael GargurevichValeria CampodónicoLennia MatosAlthough COVID-19 brought many negative psychological consequences, many people also experienced psychological growth. The present study investigated why this happened and hypothesized that self-determination theory’s (SDT’s) basic psychological needs (BPNs) may play a role in this explanation. Based on SDT, this cross-sectional study hypothesized that both the satisfaction and frustration of BPNs mediated the associations between fear of COVID-19, post-traumatic growth (PTG), and post-traumatic stress (PTS) symptoms. A sample of 391 Peruvian adults (70.6% women; Mage = 35.04, age range between 18 and 84) responded to several valid and reliable questionnaires: Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV.19S); Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction and Frustration Scale (BPNSFS); Impact Event Scale-Revised (IES-R); Post-Traumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI). The results showed that need satisfaction mediated the negative association between fear of COVID-19 and PTG, and need frustration mediated the positive association between fear of COVID-19 and PTG. In addition, a direct effect was found from fear of COVID-19 toward PTS symptoms. The results showed the importance of considering SDT’s BPNs in explaining PTG and PTS after experiencing fear of COVID-19.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1440001/fullfear of COVID-19basic psychological needspost-traumatic growthtraumatic stress symptomsPeruvian community sample |
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| title | Fear of COVID-19, traumatic growth, and traumatic stress symptoms: the mediating role of basic psychological needs |
| title_full | Fear of COVID-19, traumatic growth, and traumatic stress symptoms: the mediating role of basic psychological needs |
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| title_short | Fear of COVID-19, traumatic growth, and traumatic stress symptoms: the mediating role of basic psychological needs |
| title_sort | fear of covid 19 traumatic growth and traumatic stress symptoms the mediating role of basic psychological needs |
| topic | fear of COVID-19 basic psychological needs post-traumatic growth traumatic stress symptoms Peruvian community sample |
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