Predictors of Health Anxiety: The Role of Anxiety Sensitivity and Psychological Resilience
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2022
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The eruption of the COVID-19 in 2020 has put the entire globe into an emergency state where lockdowns were imposed, and precautionary measures were taken. As a result, the uncertainty surrounding this unexpected pandemic has caused some serious adverse effects on people’s mental health. This study investigated two possible predictors of health anxiety, namely, anxiety sensitivity and psychological resilience, in a group of 78 Lebanese adults. This quantitative study followed a correlational design and the survey was administered through a questionnaire to a convenience sample. The study used three instruments, which were the Short Health Anxiety Scale developed by Salkovskis, Rimes, Warwick and Clark (2002), Anxiety Sensitivity Index developed by Reiss et al., (1986), and the Conor Davidson Resilience Scale which was developed by Kathryn Connor and Jonathan Davidson (2003).Results of this study showed that anxiety sensitivity is a strong predictor of higher levels of health anxiety, but psychological resilience failed to reach significance. As such, future research can explore the interpretation of resilience as a construct among the Lebanese community and the unique characteristics of the Lebanese population which most probably yielded the insignificant result.
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Hachicho, D. (2022). Predictors of Health Anxiety: The Role of Anxiety Sensitivity and Psychological Resilience (SBS thesis, Haigazian University)