Presenting a model to predict mental (psychological) pain based on psychological flexibility and the meaning of life with the mediation of perceived social support in people with the experience of bereavement caused by Corona

the aim of the present study was to determine and present a model for predicting mental (psychological) pain based on psychological flexibility and meaning of life with the mediation of perceived social support in people who experienced bereavement caused by Corona.

The design of the descriptive research was of the correlation type and the statistical population of people who experienced the bereavement of close relatives (father, mother, child, sister, brother) caused by the corona virus in the year 1400 in Tehran, based on the opinion of Hewitt and Kramer (2004). 432 people were selected purposefully and according to the mental pain scale of Auerbach and Miklinser (2003), the acceptance and action questionnaire of Bond et al. they answered the collected data were analyzed using Pearson's correlation coefficient and path analysis and structural equations and using SPSS and Amoss software.

The results of correlation coefficients showed that between psychological flexibility (r=0.29, P<0.01) and its components (avoidance of emotional experiences and control over life), the meaning of life (r = 0.44, P<0.01) and its components (search for meaning and presence of meaning) have a positive and significant relationship with perceived social support (p < 0.01); While between psychological flexibility (r=-0.41, P<0.01) and its components (avoidance of emotional experiences and control over life), the meaning of life (r = -0.32, P<0.01) And its components (the search for meaning and existence of meaning) have a negative and significant relationship with mental (psychological) pain (P<0.01). Between perceived social support (r=-0.36, P<0.01) and its components (perceived support from family, perceived support from important people and perceived support from friends) with mental (psychological) pain also has a negative and significant relationship (pP< 0.01). Also, the coefficients of the direct path of psychological flexibility (ß=-0.30, P<0.01) and meaning of life (ß=-0.19, P<0.01) to the mental (psychological) pain of people who experienced bereavement caused by Corona They are negative and significant. The coefficient of the direct path of perceived social support as a mediating variable to the mental (psychological) pain of people who experienced bereavement caused by Corona is also negative and significant (ß=-0.20, P<0.01).

In general, the results show that the research model based on the relationship between psychological flexibility and the meaning of life with perceived social support on mental (psychological) pain in people with the experience of bereavement caused by Corona has a favorable fit.