The The impact of fear of COVID-19 on future anxiety: Life satisfaction and academic motivation as mediators

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Academic motivation, fear of coronavirus pandemic, future anxiety, life satisfaction, college students, distance education

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The coronavirus pandemic has triggered widespread fear and anxiety worldwide.The objective of this study is to investigate the relationship between fear of coronavirus pandemic and concerns about the future, with a focus on understanding the potential mediating roles of personal contentment with life and motivation in academic pursuits. Datawere gathered through an online survey using a convenience sample of 2737 collegestudents in April 2021. The survey responses were analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) for Windows 25.00 and Analysis of Moment Structures (AMOS) 25.0 software. Confirmatory factor analyses of the scales in the questionnaire form were conducted and their consistency, construct soundness, and internal consistency. Discriminant construct soundness analysis was conducted between the variables and it was investigated whether the separation between the variables was sufficient for structural equation modeling.  Findings indicated that personal contentment with life and motivation in academic pursuits partially mediated the effect of fear of coronavirus pandemic on concerns about the future.

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KONAKAY, G., MERCANLIOĞLU, A. Çiğdem, Çömlekçi, M. G., & Kevenk, A. U. (2025). The The impact of fear of COVID-19 on future anxiety: Life satisfaction and academic motivation as mediators. Pegem Journal of Education and Instruction, 15(4), 925–934. Retrieved from https://pegegog.net/index.php/pegegog/article/view/4212

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