Psychological Consequences of Fear of COVID-19: Symptom Analysis of Triggered Anxiety and Depression Disorders in Adolescents and Young Adults
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Instruments
2.3. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Relationship between Psychological Consequences and Fear of COVID-19
3.2. Structural Equation Mode
- Global or Absolute fit indices: which evaluate the model in general, among which we have Chi-square, RMSEA = 0.03, GFI = 0.99.
- Incremental or Comparative Fit Indices: these compare the proposed model with the model of independence or absence of relationship between the variables; among these indices are the NNFI = 0.97; TLI= 0.97; CFI = 0.95; IFI = 0.98.
- Parsimony indices: They evaluate the quality of the model fit according to the number of coefficients estimated to achieve this level of fit, in this category we have the chi-squared ratio between the degrees of freedom (X2/gL), and AGFI = 0.97.
3.3. Relationships Established in the Structural Equation Model
4. Discussion and Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Under 22 Years | Over 22 Years | Total | Infected | No Infected | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Female | 656 (86.54%) | 102 (13.45%) | 758 | 56 (4.7%) | 674 (57%) |
Male | 438 (86.73%) | 67 (13.26%) | 505 | 419 (35.4%) | 28 (2.4%) |
Total | 1094 | 169 | 475 | 702 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. Generalized anxiety disorder | 0.518 ** | 0.554 ** | 0.302 ** | 0.263 ** | 0.258 ** | |
2. Social phobia | 0.490 ** | 0.252 ** | 0.218 ** | 0.159 ** | ||
3. Major depressive disorder | 0.012 | 0.056 | 0.056 | |||
4. Fear of COVID-19 | 0.575 ** | 0.436 ** | ||||
5. Fear of dying of COVID-19 | 0.302 ** | |||||
6. Family members infected |
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Mercader Rubio, I.; Sánchez-López, P.; Ángel, N.G.; Ruiz, N.F.O. Psychological Consequences of Fear of COVID-19: Symptom Analysis of Triggered Anxiety and Depression Disorders in Adolescents and Young Adults. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 14171. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114171
Mercader Rubio I, Sánchez-López P, Ángel NG, Ruiz NFO. Psychological Consequences of Fear of COVID-19: Symptom Analysis of Triggered Anxiety and Depression Disorders in Adolescents and Young Adults. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(21):14171. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114171
Chicago/Turabian StyleMercader Rubio, Isabel, Pilar Sánchez-López, Nieves Gutiérrez Ángel, and Nieves Fátima Oropesa Ruiz. 2022. "Psychological Consequences of Fear of COVID-19: Symptom Analysis of Triggered Anxiety and Depression Disorders in Adolescents and Young Adults" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 21: 14171. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114171