The examination of the relationship between fear of COVİD-19 and depression, anxiety and hopelessness levels among the individuals at the age of 18 and over

In the present study, analyzing the relevance between fear of Covid-19 and levels of depression, anxiety and depression on adults aged 18 and older was aimed. Subject group of the research consists 675 individuals (391 fameles and 284 males) on the age range of 18 and 75. "Personal Information Form", "The Fear of Covid-19 Scale" to specify the level of fear of Covid-19, "Beck Depression Scale" to specify the level of depression, "Beck Anxiety Scale" to specify the level of anxiety and "Beck Hopelessness Scale" to specify the level of hopelessness has been prepared by the researcher and used to collect personel datas from the subject group. Independent Samples t-test, One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), Pearson Correlation Analysis and Simple Linear Regression Analysis has been used to analyze the collected datas. According to the results of the study, due to fear of Covid-19 level; level changes of depression, anxiety and hopelessness has been viewed according to demographic variables. Therewithal, it has been observed that as individuals fear of Covid-19 increased, their levels of depression, anxiety, and hopelessness also increased; herewith fear of Covid-19 has predictive effects on levels of depression, anxiety and hopelessness. The results were obtained were discussed with help of the literature and recommendations were made. Key Words: Fear of Covid-19, Depression, Anxiety, Hopelessness