Fear of COVID-19, perceived academic stress, future anxiety, and psychological distress of Ghanaian university students: A serial mediation examination

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dc.contributor.authorDey, N.E.Y.
dc.contributor.authorOti-Boadi, M.
dc.contributor.authorMalm, E.
dc.contributor.authorSelormey, R.K.
dc.contributor.authorAnsah, K.O.
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-25T10:04:44Z
dc.date.available2023-01-25T10:04:44Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.descriptionResearch Articleen_US
dc.description.abstractThe study examined the direct and indirect relationships between fear of COVID-19 (FC), perceived academic stress (PAS), future anxiety (FA), and psychological distress (PD) among students in Ghana. Students (n = 241; female = 64.1%; mean age = 21.54 years, SD = 2.04 years) completed online surveys on fear of COVID-19, perceived academic stress, future anxiety, and psychological distress. Following mediation analysis performed in PROCESS, results revealed that academic stress and future anxiety independently and serially mediated the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and psychological distress. Independently, PAS mediated the relationship between FC and PD, and FA similarly mediated this relationship. Considered together, the effect of FC on PD initially occurred through PAS, and then FA. We conclude that high psychological distress is associated with increased fear of COVID-19, perceived academic stress, and future anxiety of Ghanaian university students.en_US
dc.identifier.citationTo cite this article: Nutifafa Eugene Yaw Dey, Mabel Oti-Boadi, Esther Malm, Roberta Kekle Selormey & Kenneth Owusu Ansah (2022) Fear of COVID-19, perceived academic stress, future anxiety, and psychological distress of Ghanaian university students: A serial mediation examination, Journal of Psychology in Africa, 32:5, 423-430, DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2022.2120703en_US
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2022.2120703
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh:8080/handle/123456789/38490
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Psychology in Africaen_US
dc.subjectfear of covid-19en_US
dc.subjectfuture anxietyen_US
dc.subjectGhanaen_US
dc.subjectperceived academic stressen_US
dc.subjectpsychological distressen_US
dc.subjectuniversity studentsen_US
dc.titleFear of COVID-19, perceived academic stress, future anxiety, and psychological distress of Ghanaian university students: A serial mediation examinationen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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