A META-ANALYSIS STUDY ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FEAR OF COVID-19 AND STRESS
The fear felt due to Covid-19 increases the stress of the individuals. This study aims to survey the strength of the effect size of the relationship between fear of Covid-19 and stress. purpose of this study is surveying the relationship between fear of Covid-19 and life satisfaction. Meta-analysis technique is used. Scopus, Web of Science and GoogleScholar databases were searched to collect data and 8 suitable studies are found. CMA software is used to analyze the correlation values collected from these studies. The results of the analyses showed that the data set is heterogeneous. Random effects model is used. No publication bias was detected in the data set. The findings of this study revealed that the direction of the relationship between fear of Covid-19 and stress is negative. The strength of this effect size is medium (r=-.451). The results of this study can be usd by the researchers who wants to study these variables. Moreover, the managers determining organizational policies including fear of covid-19 in their own organization can also use the results of this study.
Keywords: Fear of Covid-19, Stress, Meta-Analysis.