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The Relationship Between Fear of COVID-19 and Psychological Distress in Tour Guides: The Mediating Role of Job Insecurity and the Moderating Role of Psychological Resilience
PURPOSE: The COVID-19 has greatly affected the tourism industry in China, leading to an increase in psychological distress among tour guides. This study explores the mechanisms by which tour guides’ fear of the COVID-19 affects psychological distress, using job insecurity as a mediating variable and...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10423002/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37576449 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PRBM.S417296 |
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author | Jiang, Yajun Huang, Longfang Guo, Yu Yang, Qin Li, Haixia Zhou, Huiling Wu, Ke |
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description | PURPOSE: The COVID-19 has greatly affected the tourism industry in China, leading to an increase in psychological distress among tour guides. This study explores the mechanisms by which tour guides’ fear of the COVID-19 affects psychological distress, using job insecurity as a mediating variable and psychological resilience as a moderating variable. PATIENTS AND METHODS: From August 11 to 30, 2022, 447 Chinese tour guides were invited online to fill in a questionnaire, and SPSS and Mplus tools were used for statistical analysis and hypothesis testing to conduct an empirical analysis of the relationship between COVID-19 fear and psychological distress. RESULTS: A total of 417 questionnaires (effective rate was 93.3%) were collected, among which female (n = 243) and male (41.7%) (n =174). The age concentration of participants was 46.5% between 26 and 35 years old, 9.1% under 25 years old, and 9.8% over 46 years old. Guides’ fear of COVID-19 positively and significantly influenced psychological distress (β= 0.3051), and the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and psychological distress was mediated by job insecurity (β=0.196, 95% CI = 0.141, 0.255). In addition, psychological resilience significantly moderated the pathway from fear of COVID-19 to job insecurity and from fear of COVID-19 to guided psychological distress (β= 0.1371; β=0.116). CONCLUSION: The diversion of fear of COVID-19 and job insecurity can alleviate the psychological distress of tour guides; strengthening their own psychological construction also helps to alleviate the effects of fear of COVID-19 on job insecurity and psychological distress. The findings of the study can provide theoretical support for the prevention and counseling of psychological problems of tourism employees in public health crises. |
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spelling | pubmed-104230022023-08-13 The Relationship Between Fear of COVID-19 and Psychological Distress in Tour Guides: The Mediating Role of Job Insecurity and the Moderating Role of Psychological Resilience Jiang, Yajun Huang, Longfang Guo, Yu Yang, Qin Li, Haixia Zhou, Huiling Wu, Ke Psychol Res Behav Manag Original Research PURPOSE: The COVID-19 has greatly affected the tourism industry in China, leading to an increase in psychological distress among tour guides. This study explores the mechanisms by which tour guides’ fear of the COVID-19 affects psychological distress, using job insecurity as a mediating variable and psychological resilience as a moderating variable. PATIENTS AND METHODS: From August 11 to 30, 2022, 447 Chinese tour guides were invited online to fill in a questionnaire, and SPSS and Mplus tools were used for statistical analysis and hypothesis testing to conduct an empirical analysis of the relationship between COVID-19 fear and psychological distress. RESULTS: A total of 417 questionnaires (effective rate was 93.3%) were collected, among which female (n = 243) and male (41.7%) (n =174). The age concentration of participants was 46.5% between 26 and 35 years old, 9.1% under 25 years old, and 9.8% over 46 years old. Guides’ fear of COVID-19 positively and significantly influenced psychological distress (β= 0.3051), and the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and psychological distress was mediated by job insecurity (β=0.196, 95% CI = 0.141, 0.255). In addition, psychological resilience significantly moderated the pathway from fear of COVID-19 to job insecurity and from fear of COVID-19 to guided psychological distress (β= 0.1371; β=0.116). CONCLUSION: The diversion of fear of COVID-19 and job insecurity can alleviate the psychological distress of tour guides; strengthening their own psychological construction also helps to alleviate the effects of fear of COVID-19 on job insecurity and psychological distress. The findings of the study can provide theoretical support for the prevention and counseling of psychological problems of tourism employees in public health crises. Dove 2023-08-08 /pmc/articles/PMC10423002/ /pubmed/37576449 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PRBM.S417296 Text en © 2023 Jiang et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) ). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php). |
spellingShingle | Original Research Jiang, Yajun Huang, Longfang Guo, Yu Yang, Qin Li, Haixia Zhou, Huiling Wu, Ke The Relationship Between Fear of COVID-19 and Psychological Distress in Tour Guides: The Mediating Role of Job Insecurity and the Moderating Role of Psychological Resilience |
title | The Relationship Between Fear of COVID-19 and Psychological Distress in Tour Guides: The Mediating Role of Job Insecurity and the Moderating Role of Psychological Resilience |
title_full | The Relationship Between Fear of COVID-19 and Psychological Distress in Tour Guides: The Mediating Role of Job Insecurity and the Moderating Role of Psychological Resilience |
title_fullStr | The Relationship Between Fear of COVID-19 and Psychological Distress in Tour Guides: The Mediating Role of Job Insecurity and the Moderating Role of Psychological Resilience |
title_full_unstemmed | The Relationship Between Fear of COVID-19 and Psychological Distress in Tour Guides: The Mediating Role of Job Insecurity and the Moderating Role of Psychological Resilience |
title_short | The Relationship Between Fear of COVID-19 and Psychological Distress in Tour Guides: The Mediating Role of Job Insecurity and the Moderating Role of Psychological Resilience |
title_sort | relationship between fear of covid-19 and psychological distress in tour guides: the mediating role of job insecurity and the moderating role of psychological resilience |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10423002/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37576449 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PRBM.S417296 |
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