HUBUNGAN INTOLERANSI KETIDAKPASTIAN DENGAN KESEJAHTERAAN MENTAL REMAJA: DIMEDIASI FEAR OF COVID-19

Mental well-being is defined by individuals who are able to optimize themselves psychologically, socially and feel happy in their lives. One of the factors that decrease mental well-being is unpleasant events. The COVID-19 phenomenon is not ever yet has caused various negative effects. This unpredictable situation affects an individual’s tolerance to uncertainty. The uncertainty experienced can increase the fear of COVID-19. Excessive feelings of fear have the opportunity to have a negative emotional and social impact, thus affecting mental well-being. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between uncertainty intolerance and mental well-being mediated by fear of COVID-19. The participants were 311 adolescents aged 12-18 years old. The research method used is quantitative correlation. The results of the mediation analysis using Hayes' PROCESS showed that uncertainty intolerance was negatively related to mental well-being (coeff= -0.1106 and p=0.0083). It is also known that there is a positive relationship between uncertainty intolerance and fear of COVID-19 (coeff = 0.2298 and p = 0.0000). Furthermore, there is also a negative relationship between fear of COVID-19 and mental well-being (coeff = -0.1157 and p = 0.0255). It is also known relationship between uncertainty intolerance and mental well-being through the mediator fear of COVID-19 ( LLCI = -0.0554 and ULCI = -0.0029)