The Associations of COVID-19 Induced Anxiety, Related Knowledge
and Protective Behavior

J 2021

The Associations of COVID-19 Induced Anxiety, Related Knowledge and Protective Behavior

RIAD, Abanoub, Yi HUANG, Liping ZHENG and Steriani ELAVSKY

Basic information

Original name

The Associations of COVID-19 Induced Anxiety, Related Knowledge and Protective Behavior

Authors

RIAD, Abanoub (818 Egypt, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Yi HUANG (156 China, belonging to the institution), Liping ZHENG and Steriani ELAVSKY (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Health Psychology Research, Pavia, PAGEPRESS PUBL, 2021, 2420-8124

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50101 Psychology

Country of publisher

Italy

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

URL

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14110/21:00121808

Organization unit

Faculty of Medicine

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.52965/001c.24768

UT WoS

000729314600012

Keywords in English

covid 19; anxiety; risky behaviors

Abstract

V originále

On the last day of 2019, 44 pneumonia cases with unknown etiology were reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) Country Office of China. This was the first cluster of what would be defined later as coronavirus disease (COVID-19). A self-administered questionnaire with multiple-choice items was created in Microsoft Forms (Microsoft Corp. Redmond, WA. 2020). A 5-point Likert scale with ten items, where “1” refers to “Totally disagree” and “5” refers to “Totally agree,” was developed to evaluate the anxiety induced by the COVID-19 outbreak highlighting the suggested sources of stress and anxious emotions, e.g., “When I or any family member go outside home during this COVID-19 outbreak I feel anxious”. A 5-point Likert scale with 14 items, where “1” refers to “Not at all like me” and “5” refers to “Just like me,” was developed to evaluate people’s protective behaviors against coronavirus infection from 3 dimensions: Routine Protective Behaviors (RPB), Post-exposure Protective Behaviors (PPB), and Post-exposure Risky Behaviors (PRB). Items in RPB are aimed to measure individuals’ protective behaviors in daily life when facing the epidemic. A multiple-choice scale of 12 items was developed to assess public awareness of COVID-19 as an emerging infectious disease. The primary objective of this work was to develop psychometrically sound scales to assess COVID-19 induced anxiety (CIAS), protective behaviors towards COVID-19 (PBCS), and COVID-19 related knowledge. The results indicated that COVID-19 induced the 6-item version of the CIAS can adequately measure anxiety level. Infectious disease outbreaks represent specific health-related crises that may impact people’s emotions in different patterns according to their emerging nature. Therefore, the CIAS was designed to cover the potential anxiety sources for the general population during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Citovat

RIAD, Abanoub, Yi HUANG, Liping ZHENG and Steriani ELAVSKY. The Associations of COVID-19 Induced Anxiety, Related Knowledge and Protective Behavior. Health Psychology Research. Pavia: PAGEPRESS PUBL, 2021, vol. 9, No 1, p. 1-9. ISSN 2420-8124. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.52965/001c.24768.

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RIAD, Abanoub, Yi HUANG, Liping ZHENG and Steriani ELAVSKY. The Associations of COVID-19 Induced Anxiety, Related Knowledge and Protective Behavior. \textit{Health Psychology Research}. Pavia: PAGEPRESS PUBL, 2021, vol.~9, No~1, p.~1-9. ISSN~2420-8124. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.52965/001c.24768.

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