Silent cries behind closed doors: An online empirical assessment of fear of COVID‐19, situational depression, and quality of life among Pakistani citizens | Zendy

Ashraf Muhammad Umair | Zendy; Raza Saqlain | Zendy; Ashraf Asfa | Zendy; Mehmood Waqas | Zendy; Patwary Ataul Karim | Zendy

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Silent cries behind closed doors: An online empirical assessment of fear of COVID‐19, situational depression, and quality of life among Pakistani citizens

Author(s) -

Ashraf Muhammad Umair,

Raza Saqlain,

Ashraf Asfa,

Mehmood Waqas,

Patwary Ataul Karim

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

journal of public affairs

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.221

H-Index - 20

eISSN - 1479-1854

pISSN - 1472-3891

DOI - 10.1002/pa.2716

Subject(s) - snowball sampling , psychology , situational ethics , psychological intervention , structural equation modeling , depression (economics) , clinical psychology , quality of life (healthcare) , computer assisted web interviewing , publicity , covid-19 , applied psychology , social psychology , psychiatry , medicine , psychotherapist , political science , statistics , business , mathematics , disease , pathology , marketing , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , macroeconomics , law

The present study aimed to investigate the effects of fear of COVID‐19 and situational depression on the quality of life (QOL) of Pakistani citizens. An online cross‐sectional survey was conducted on Pakistani citizens via the snowball sampling technique. A total of 377 respondents (256 males and 121 females) participated in this study from August to October 2020. Adapted scales were validated using confirmatory factor analysis, and partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS‐SEM) was applied to the data to test the hypothesised model. The study's findings showed a negative relationship between fear of COVID‐19 and QOL. Likewise, a reciprocal relationship was found between situational depression and quality of life. The results indicate that fear of COVID‐19 and situational depression during the pandemic have affected the lives of Pakistani citizens. The findings are particularly relevant for improving the QOL by limiting the information received from media and social networks. There is a need to control these mediums and promote community‐based interventions to provide accurate knowledge regarding COVID‐19. Fear of COVID‐19 and situational depression may be reduced in this way. Based on the current findings, psychotherapy and counselling programmes must be planned to minimise the adverse effects of fear of COVID‐19 and depression on the QOL of citizens due to the ongoing progression of the pandemic.

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