Fear of COVID-19 and religious coping mediate the associations between religiosity and distress among older adults

Karim Asgari Ghoncheh ^1,2 , Chieh-hsiu Liu ³, Chung-Ying Lin ⁴ * , Mohsen Saffari ⁵, Mark D. Griffiths ⁶, Amir H Pakpour ^1,7 *

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