Impact of COVID-19 and Psychological Distress on Psychological Flourishing among Married Individuals

This research was designed to measure the impact of COVID-19 distress on psychological flourishing among married individuals in a sample of married couples from Bahawalpur City. The total sample comprised of 200 (100 male, 100 female) participants, whom were selected through random sampling technique. The sample is justified by employing online A-priori sample size calculator (Soper, 2021). The power and precision was 0.9 and the confidence interval was 95% with 20% attrition rate. Three questionnaires were utilizes in the present study; Fear of COVID-19 Scale (Ahorsu et al., 2020), Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10)(Kessler et al., 2002)and Psychological Flourishing Scale (Fahd, 2020).The collected data were analyzed through SPSS (23.0); Independent Sample t-test, Descriptive Statistics and Correlation would be suggested for hypotheses testing. Multiple Regression analysis would be used to test the impact of psychological flourishing between IV & DV. The results of regression analysis found that fear of COVID-19 and psychological distress significantly impact psychological flourishing of married couples. Moreover, Females were proved to be more fear of COVID-19 and psychological distress and their psychological flourishing also remained higher than cohort. The limitations and future avenues were also considered.