Recent data have indicated that people may have experienced fear during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aims to deepen our understanding of the relationship between religious coping and life satisfaction by analysing the indirect effects of fear of COVID-19. Methods: This study included 365 people (75% women) aged 18–78 years. The procedure consisted of completing questionnaires to measure religious coping, COVID-19 anxiety, satisfaction with life, and satisfaction with social support. Results: Structural equation modelling showed that positive religious coping was related to greater life satisfaction and greater satisfaction with social support during the pandemic. Moreover, fear of COVID-19 mediated the relationship between negative religious coping and life satisfaction and social support satisfaction. Conclusions: The data suggest a need for practitioners to focus on interventions that enhance positive religious coping to improve life satisfaction during the spread of infectious diseases.
【저자키워드】 COVID-19, Life satisfaction, Fear of COVID-19, Religious coping, 【초록키워드】 pandemic, Diseases, Anxiety, COVID-19 pandemic, Intervention, Spread, women, questionnaire, Satisfaction, Support, positive, Practitioner, recent, ENhance, IMPROVE, greater, indicated, indirect effect, was related, 【제목키워드】 coping, life, Effect, Mediating,