Abstract
Since the end of 2019 to the present day, the COVID-19 pandemic has been affecting the functioning of countries, institutions and individuals. So far, despite the increasing number of studies, little is known about the effects of the pandemic on the psychosocial well-being of a person. Research results obtained to date suggest that the fear of COVID-19 may be reduced by humor. However, to be able to harness this observation to provide more effective psychological assistance to those struggling with serious concerns about the aftermaths of the pandemic, one has to understand the mechanisms of the relationship between humor and fear of COVID-19. Both clinical experience and research findings show that the postulated relationship may be mediated by generalized anxiety. In the present study, we investigated the relationship between humor, conceptualized as a dimension of wisdom, and fear of COVID-19, and the role of generalized anxiety as a potential mediator of this relationship in adults. A longitudinal three-wave field study was carried out in a sample of 214 adults from Poland. A mediation analysis with bias-corrected bootstrapping method confirmed that the relation between humor and fear of COVID-19 was mediated by generalized anxiety.
Funding source: University of Economics and Human Sciences
About the authors
Paweł Brudek Ph.D., An Assistant Professor in the Clinical Psychology Department, Institute of Psychology, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland. Scientific interests: psychology of aging and old age, marital satisfaction among older people, predictors of positive aging, gerotranscendence theory, coping with stress in old age.
Stanisława Steuden Ph.D., Full Professor of the University of Economics and Human Sciences, Warsaw, Poland; Chair of the Scientific Council of the Lublin University of the Third Age. Scientific interests: psychology of aging and old age, burnout syndrome, psychosomatics, diagnosis and counselling for posttraumatic stress disorder, schizophrenia, subjective and objective conditions of resilience and coping with stress.
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Research funding: The research project was carried out as a part of an internal grant implemented at the University of Economics and Human Sciences, Warsaw, Poland. Project title: “Forgiveness, wisdom, humor and psychosocial functioning among adults in the second half of life. Perspectives on Lars Tornstam’s theory of gerotranscendence.”
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