PhD Scientific Days 2025

Mental Health Sciences I.

Impact of the Unforeseen - Changes of Coping, Meaning in Life and Fear of Death Associations after Covid-19 and during the Ukraine War Crisis

Előadó neve

Szimon Petra, MSc

Neptun code

dpb6rt

Előadó munkahelye

Semmelweis University, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Behavioural Sciences, Budapest, Hungary/ Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary, Institute of Psychology, Budapest

Előadó telefonszáma

+36209212686

Előadó e-mail címe

szimon.petra@phd.semmelweis.hu

Az előadás címe

Impact of the Unforeseen - Changes of Coping, Meaning in Life and Fear of Death Associations after Covid-19 and during the Ukraine War Crisis

Szerző(k) neve és munkahelye

Petra Szimon¹, Ágnes Zana²

1: Semmelweis University, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Behavioural Sciences, Budapest, Hungary/ Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary, Institute of Psychology, Budapest
2: Semmelweis University, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Behavioural Sciences, Budapest, Hungary

Bemutatás módja

Szóbeli

Szekció

Mental Health Sciences I.

Language of the presentation

English

Preferred session

Mental Health Sciences

Összefoglaló szövege

Introduction: The effect of Covid-19 pandemic and the Ukraine crisis are unprecedented global stressors with multiple mental health impacts.
Aim: The focus of current research was to explore how levels and associations regarding meaning in life, coping competences and fear of death were effected by the pandemia and war crisis.
Method: A repeated cross-sectional study was performed in the Hungarian population pre-Covid-19 (N=249) and after the second wave of Covid-19 (N=265) and the Ukraine crisis outbreak (N=148). The associations were assessed with the Meaning of Life (MLQ), the Psychological Immune System Inventory (PISI) and the Multidimensional Fear of Death Scale (MFODS).
Results: Fear of Death (FOD) increased post-Covid (PreCo), whereas after the breakout of the war (PostCoPostWB) it decreased to pre-Covid level (FOD PreCo=114; PostCoPreW: 118; PostCoPostWB: 114). The deterioration of the coping system (PISI PreCo=241; PostCoPreW: 230; PostCoPostWB: 231) and the increased role of synchronicity in connection with FOD, fear of Death Process and Premature Death (MFODS/Process/Premature - MLQ-S r PreCo= -0.26/-0.57/-0.3 p‹0.001; PostCoPreW: -0.31/-0.32/-0.23 p‹0.001; PostCoPostWB: -0.32/-0.34/-0.4 p‹0.001) and search for meaning (MFODS MLQ-S r PreCo= 0.2 p=0.01; PostCoPreW: 0.1 p=0.03; PostCoPostWB: 0.3 p‹0.001) were the main signaling factors of the unforeseen stressors. Stronger relations between coping and meaning in life were found (PISI – MLQ r PreCo= 0.33 p‹0.001; PostCoPreW: 0.37 p‹0.001; PostCoPostWB: 0.44 p‹0.001) and strengthened relation between presence- and search for meaning (MLQ-P – MLQ-S r PreCo= 0.16 p=0.01; PostCoPreW: 0.13 p=0.02; PostCoPostWB: 0.4 p‹0.001) emerge as a protecting component between fear of death and coping after the Ukraine crisis outbreak.
Conclusion: The results reflect previous outcomes that the Covid-19 pandemic has as a salient determinant role in mental health. The explored relations regarding the war effect call for attention to distal defence mechanism tendencies. The information contributes to refining health-care interventions accordingly on multiple levels and cross-culturally and in preparation for current and future challenges to avoid mentally – and socially unfavourable effects.
Funding: No funding was required.

University

Semmelweis University

Other university, not listed above

Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary, Budapest

Supervisor

Ágnes Zana

Publication of my abstract

I give consent to the publication of my abstract on the website of the congress.

phd.section.field

in doctoral studies after complex exam (PhD)

Kind

Szabad

Status

elfogadva

Accepted presentation method

szóbeli

Előadás fájl jóváhagyás

jóváhagyta

Előadó

7392

Start

16:00

End

16:15