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Relationship between Health Anxiety and Psychological Resilience among Nursing Students and Predictors of Psychological Resilience in the Last Period of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 April 2024

Burcu Uslu
Affiliation:
Trakya Universitesi, Edirne, Edirne, Turkey
Tülay Sağkal Midilli
Affiliation:
Manisa Celal Bayar Universitesi, Manisa, Turkey, Manisa
Aslı KALKIM*
Affiliation:
Manisa Celal Bayar Universitesi, Manisa, Manisa, Turkey
*
*Corresponding author: aslikalkim@gmail.com

Abstract

The study aimed to determine health anxiety and psychological resilience and to investigate the relationship between health anxiety and psychological resilience among nursing students in the last period of the COVID-19 pandemic. This cross-sectional and descriptive study was conducted with 507 students. The questionnaires used in the study were a student nurse information form, the Health Anxiety Inventory and the Resilience Scale for Adults. The mean age of the students was 20.70±1.77 years. The health anxiety mean score was 36.19±6.55, resilience scale mean score was 117.13±16.00. There was a weak negative correlation between the students’ psychological resilience and their health anxiety (r=-0.207, p<0.001). Having an extended family and having good relationships with family and friends were the predictors of psychological resilience. Social support and psychological care services under a biopsychosocial model by the management of university or faculty should be implemented for university students in order to preserve their resilience and wellbeing, to cope with the pandemic.

Type
Original Research
Copyright
© 2024 Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc.

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