COVID-19 IMPACT ON MEANINGFULNESS OF LIFE, QUALITY OF LIFE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL IMMUNITY

Abstract

"The pandemic period of covid-19 has been a time marked by serious declines in quality of life, affecting pervasively not only physical health but also psychological well-being. The purpose of the study was to examine the state and interrelations of the three following variables – quality of life, meaningfulness of life and the psychologically-based physical immunity. It was hypothesized that all three variables will be positively interrelated and that quality of life will fulfill a focal role in this triad of variables. The sample included 230 individuals who responded to an unanimously administered which included the following three questionnaires (all with confirmed satisfactory reliability and validity): the multidimensional quality of life inventory, the meaning-based meaningfulness of life questionnaire, and the cognitive orientation of health questionnaire. The result showed that all three variables were intercorrelated positively. The highest correlations were obtained for quality of life and meaningfulness of life. The cognitive orientation of health appears to be affected more directly by quality of life, and by meaningfulness of life more indirectly through the relation of the latter with quality of life. The impact of covid-19 on the finings was relatively limited. A major conclusion is that that the basic structure of the three variables was maintained preserving their supportive role in the psychological system."