Özet:

Under the impact of the entire world, the effects of Covid 19 pandemic are felt in different dimensions in different areas. It is believed that one of the basic emotions that the process leads is anxiety. The health concern addressed in this study is considered as a kind of concern. In the study, humour and optimism were determined as the contributors to health anxiety. The aim of the study in this context is to identify the relationships between coping with humor, health anxiety and optimism and to discover the instrumental role of optimism in the relationship between coping with humor and health anxiety. Based on the relationship model, the study included 222 women (65.68%) and 116 men (34.32%) with a total of 338 individuals. In the study, the data collection tools used the Health Anxiety Scale, the Optimism Scale, the Exposure Scale and the Personal Information Form. In the study, mediation analyses were made and the findings found that optimism was a partial instrument in the relationship between dealing with humor and health anxiety. As a result, the indirect effect of dealing with humor on health anxiety has been statistically meaningful.