Death Anxiety as a Mediating Factor Between Future Anxiety and Psychological Distress among General Adult Population During Second Wave of Covid

The second wave of Covid 19 pandemic took many by surprise. The number of infected people and mortality rate has increased drastically. Due to huge shortage of vaccines and equipments created psychological distress among population and mortality rate increased. The pandemic also created apprehension about the future. Thus, the current research aims to study the mediating role of death anxiety between future anxiety and psychological distress among general adult population during second wave of Covid 19 pandemic. The study also aims at finding the association between demographic variables and study variables. The study was conducted on 154 samples inclusive of different age groups and gender. The data were collected through online mode using Google Form. Psychological distress scale by Kessler R, Dark Future scale by Zbigniew Zalski et.al, and Death anxiety scale by H R Weiner M B & Plutchik R were used as a tools for the study. The statistical analysis Moderation analysis and Chi square were used to analyze the data. The result revealed that death anxiety   mediates between future anxiety and psychological distress. The result also revealed that demographic variables like age and gender has significant association between death anxiety, future anxiety and gender respectively.