Prediction of Covid-19 Based on Personality Types, Coping Styles and Intellectual-Practical Obsessions

Sahraian , A; Azhdarloo , M; Mousavi , MS; Asadi-Bidak , FS

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Volume 30, Issue 3 (4-2025)

__Armaghane Danesh__ 2025, 30(3): 426-441

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Prediction of Covid-19 Based on Personality Types, Coping Styles and Intellectual-Practical Obsessions

A Sahraian¹

, M Azhdarloo²

, MS Mousavi³

, FS Asadi-Bidak⁴

1- Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
2- Young Researchers and Elites Club, Marvdasht Branch, Marvdasht, Iran
3- Department of Clinical Psychology, Yasuj Branch, Azad University, Yasuj, Iran
4- Department of Clinical Psychology, Research Sciences Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran , fasadipsych@gmail.com

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Background & aim: Acute respiratory diseases, especially COVID-19, are among the most important public health crises in the last decade and, in addition to physical consequences, have also caused widespread psychological stress. Personality traits, coping styles, and obsessive-compulsive symptoms can determine how individuals react and adapt to health threats. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the role of these psychological variables in predicting acute respiratory diseases with an emphasis on COVID-19.

Methods:The present descriptive correlational study consisted of two groups. The first group consisted of 100 patients hospitalized at Hazrat Ali Asghar (AS) and Namazi hospitals in Shiraz who were randomly selected from the list of patients with COVID-19. The second group consisted of 100 healthy individuals who were similar in demographic characteristics to the first group, but did not show symptoms of COVID-19 and had no history of acute respiratory diseases. The data collection tool consisted of three questionnaires: Gosling et al.'s Personality Traits (2003), Kalsbeck's Coping Styles (2006), and Maudsley's Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (Hodgson and Rachman, 1977). The reliability coefficients of these tools in the present study were calculated as 0.91, 0.86, and 0.89, respectively. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive tests, Pearson correlation, and multiple logistic regression.

Results: The results indicated that the personality dimensions of neuroticism, openness to experience, and agreeableness can significantly predict the incidence of acute respiratory diseases. The results revealed that problem-focused coping style (negatively and significantly), emotion-focused coping style (positively), and avoidant coping style (positively) can significantly predict the incidence of acute respiratory diseases.

Conclusion:Personality traits, coping strategies, and obsessive-compulsive symptoms can be considered as effective psychological predictors of acute respiratory illness and psychological responses to pandemics. Training in adaptive coping strategies, reducing health anxiety, and cognitive-behavioral interventions on obsessive-compulsive symptoms can be effective in promoting resilience and improving individuals' mental health. Future research is recommended to consider mediating variables such as health anxiety and risk perception.

Keywords: Acute respiratory illness, Personality types, Coping styles, Obsessive–compulsive disorder, COVID‑19

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Type of Study: Research | Subject: Special
Received: 2024/09/10 | Accepted: 2025/02/3 | Published: 2025/05/6

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