Why Do People High in COVID-19 Worry Have More Mental Health Disorders?  The Roles of Resilience and Meaning in Life.BACKGROUND
 The existing literature has not adequately studied the influence of COVID-19 worry on mental health disorders.  This study tested the mediating roles of resilience and meaning in life between COVID-19 worry and mental health disorders.


 SUBJECTS AND METHODS
 We recruited 284 Arabic speaking young adults (60.6% females; mean age = 26.25±7.57 years) to complete the COVID-19 Worry Scale, Brief Resilience Scale, Meaning in Life Measure, and Patient Health Questionnaire-9.


 Results showed that COVID-19 worry negatively predicted resilience and meaning in life and positively predicted mental health disorders.  Furthermore, indirect effect of COVID-19 worry on mental health disorders via resilience and meaning in life was significant.


 CONCLUSION
 These results will contribute to find effective measures to prevent mental health disorders and promote reduced mental health disorders from the perspective of mitigating COVID-19 worry and increasing resilience and meaning in life.
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