{"title":"Role of positive mental health in reducing fears related to COVID-19 and general anxiety disorder in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan","date_created":"2022-07-11T09:40:39Z","publication":"BMC Psychology","citation":{"short":"Q.K. Mahmood, M.M. Sohail, W.A. Qureshi, R. Zakar, K.J. Wrona, F. Fischer, BMC Psychology 10 (2022).","alphadin":"<span style=\"font-variant:small-caps;\">Mahmood, Qaisar Khalid</span> ; <span style=\"font-variant:small-caps;\">Sohail, Malik Muhammad</span> ; <span style=\"font-variant:small-caps;\">Qureshi, Waheed Ahmad</span> ; <span style=\"font-variant:small-caps;\">Zakar, Rubeena</span> ; <span style=\"font-variant:small-caps;\">Wrona, Kamil Joseph</span> ; <span style=\"font-variant:small-caps;\">Fischer, Florian</span>: Role of positive mental health in reducing fears related to COVID-19 and general anxiety disorder in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. In: <i>BMC Psychology</i> Bd. 10, Springer Science and Business Media LLC (2022), Nr. 1","ieee":"Q. K. Mahmood, M. M. Sohail, W. A. Qureshi, R. Zakar, K. J. Wrona, and F. Fischer, “Role of positive mental health in reducing fears related to COVID-19 and general anxiety disorder in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan,” <i>BMC Psychology</i>, vol. 10, no. 1, 2022.","apa":"Mahmood, Q. K., Sohail, M. M., Qureshi, W. A., Zakar, R., Wrona, K. J., &#38; Fischer, F. (2022). Role of positive mental health in reducing fears related to COVID-19 and general anxiety disorder in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. <i>BMC Psychology</i>, <i>10</i>(1). <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-022-00869-7\">https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-022-00869-7</a>","chicago":"Mahmood, Qaisar Khalid, Malik Muhammad Sohail, Waheed Ahmad Qureshi, Rubeena Zakar, Kamil Joseph Wrona, and Florian Fischer. “Role of Positive Mental Health in Reducing Fears Related to COVID-19 and General Anxiety Disorder in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.” <i>BMC Psychology</i> 10, no. 1 (2022). <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-022-00869-7\">https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-022-00869-7</a>.","bibtex":"@article{Mahmood_Sohail_Qureshi_Zakar_Wrona_Fischer_2022, title={Role of positive mental health in reducing fears related to COVID-19 and general anxiety disorder in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan}, volume={10}, DOI={<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-022-00869-7\">10.1186/s40359-022-00869-7</a>}, number={1163}, journal={BMC Psychology}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Mahmood, Qaisar Khalid and Sohail, Malik Muhammad and Qureshi, Waheed Ahmad and Zakar, Rubeena and Wrona, Kamil Joseph and Fischer, Florian}, year={2022} }","ama":"Mahmood QK, Sohail MM, Qureshi WA, Zakar R, Wrona KJ, Fischer F. Role of positive mental health in reducing fears related to COVID-19 and general anxiety disorder in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. <i>BMC Psychology</i>. 2022;10(1). doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-022-00869-7\">10.1186/s40359-022-00869-7</a>","mla":"Mahmood, Qaisar Khalid, et al. “Role of Positive Mental Health in Reducing Fears Related to COVID-19 and General Anxiety Disorder in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.” <i>BMC Psychology</i>, vol. 10, no. 1, 163, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2022, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-022-00869-7\">10.1186/s40359-022-00869-7</a>."},"user_id":"216459","_id":"2001","article_type":"original","status":"public","publication_status":"published","year":"2022","tmp":{"short":"CC BY (4.0)","image":"/images/cc_by.png","name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0)","legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode"},"main_file_link":[{"url":"https://bmcpsychology.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s40359-022-00869-7.pdf","open_access":"1"}],"type":"journal_article","publication_identifier":{"eissn":["2050-7283"]},"abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"Background: The outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has posed multiple challenges to healthcare systems. Evidence suggests that mental well-being is badly affected due to compliance with preventative measures in containing the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aims to explore the role of positive mental health (subjective sense of wellbeing) to cope with fears related to COVID-19 and general anxiety disorder in the Pashtun community in Pakistan.\r\nMethods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 501 respondents from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa participating in an online-based study. We performed correlational analysis, hierarchical linear regression and structural equational modeling (SEM) to analyze the role of mental health in reducing fears and general anxiety disorder.\r\nResults: The results of the SEM show that positive mental health has direct effects in reducing the fear related to COVID-19 (β = − 0.244, p < 0.001) and general anxiety (β = − 0.210, p < 0.001). Fears of COVID-19 has a direct effect on increasing general anxiety (β = 0.480). In addition, positive mental health also has an indirect effect (β = − 0.117, p < 0.001) on general anxiety (R2  = 0.32, p < 0.001) through reducing fear of coronavirus.\r\nConclusion: Based on these findings, there is a need to develop community health policies emphasizing on promotive and preventive mental health strategies for people practicing social/physical distancing."}],"funded_apc":"1","date_updated":"2023-06-16T12:04:31Z","article_number":"163","intvolume":"        10","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"oa":"1","publisher":"Springer Science and Business Media LLC","issue":"1","author":[{"last_name":"Mahmood","full_name":"Mahmood, Qaisar Khalid","first_name":"Qaisar Khalid"},{"first_name":"Malik Muhammad","last_name":"Sohail","full_name":"Sohail, Malik Muhammad"},{"first_name":"Waheed Ahmad","last_name":"Qureshi","full_name":"Qureshi, Waheed Ahmad"},{"first_name":"Rubeena","full_name":"Zakar, Rubeena","last_name":"Zakar"},{"id":"249234","first_name":"Kamil Joseph","orcid":"0000-0002-6834-4075","last_name":"Wrona","full_name":"Wrona, Kamil Joseph"},{"full_name":"Fischer, Florian","last_name":"Fischer","first_name":"Florian"}],"doi":"10.1186/s40359-022-00869-7","volume":10,"quality_controlled":"1"}