Anxiety at pathological levels has grown a lot around the world, so verifying its correlation with human resilience (which is an innate personality trait) during the quarantine due to the covid-19 pandemic was the target of this study. For this, a Human Resilience scale and an Anxiety scale (STAI) were used. For methodological purposes, this research has a descriptive quantitative approach of the Survey type. This research was carried out in the state of Rio Grande do Norte with individuals in quarantine for at least 8 days. Regarding data collection, the investigation took place in a virtual way, through the Google Docs. This data was analyzed using SPSS (R) software, Version 20 for Windows (R). The tests performed consisted of Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and Multiple Linear Regression. The results show that the level of human resilience did not imply a lower level of anxiety in individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic, so that the findings are in opposition to those existing in the literature. In conclusion, the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting events were able to raise high levels of anxiety in even the most resilient individuals.
The Relationship between Human Resilience and Anxiety in Pandemic times of Covid-19