Victoria M Leavitt, Jordan D Dworkin, Tamar Kalina, Alexander S Ratzan
Sex differences in brain resilience of individuals with multiple sclerosis
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objective current study examine distress tolerance functions mediator relationship existential thinking sense coherence severity mourning experienced families lost loved one covid19 present study employed descriptive correlational research design targeting family members passed away due covid19 city mianeh 2022 sample 160 individuals selected statistical analysis research instruments used study consisted flensbergs sense coherence questionnaire 2006 simmons gahers emotional distress tolerance questionnaire 2005 sugbart scotts grief experience questionnaire 1989 branton scherers existential thinking questionnaire 2006 collected data analyzed using path analysis well spss amos software findings study revealed significant correlation coefficient existential thinking r 0465 sense coherence r 0401 distress tolerance r 0521 severity mourning experienced families lost loved one covid19 moreover results indicated positive significant relationship p 001 distress tolerance sense coherence r 0126 well distress tolerance existential thinking r 0059 among bereaved families however bootstrap test results suggested distress tolerance mediate relationship sense coherence severity mourning families covid19 victims consistent prior research current studys findings indicated existential thinking sense coherence direct impact severity mourning experienced families lost loved one covid19 additionally results revealed influence existential thinking severity mourning mediated indirectly increasing distress tolerance