Fear of COVID-19, Meaning in Life and Loneliness in the Times of COVID-19 Pandemics

Page: 388-391
Masood Maqbool1, Yasir Hassan Rather2, Fatima Ali Wani3, Zoya Shafat Mir4, Qurat ul Ann5, and Saima Banoo6 (Department of Psychiatry, IMHANS-Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir1,2,4,5,6 and Department of Psychology, University of Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir3)

Due to COVID 19 pandemics, the world has faced fear, loneliness, & other existential issues. Current research was an attempt to assess fear of COVID-19, Loneliness and Meaning in Life. A total of 102 individuals participated in the study and Fear of COVID-19 Scale, Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale, & Meaning in Life Questionnaire were used to measure study variables. Results show significantly low scores in female gender on Meaning in Life (Presence). Education was found to better predicting the Fear of COVID-19 infection. It was concluded that fear of COVID-19 is still high in the population.