ERIC Number: EJ1372937
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023-May
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ISSN: ISSN-0033-3085
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The Impact of Impulsivity and School Attendance on COVID-19 Spread: A Web-Based Cross-Sectional Questionnaire
Psychology in the Schools, v60 n5 p1581-1593 May 2023
Some personal and social decisions can be influential in the spread of COVID-19. There are no studies examining school attendance, impulsivity, COVID-19 phobia, and psychological resilience together while the effect of some individual and social measures on COVID-19 has been frequently investigated. In this study 360 participants were evaluated through an online questionnaire method during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sociodemographic data form prepared by the researchers, COVID-19 Phobia Scale, Barratt Impulsivity Scale, and Brief Resilience Scale were used in the study. In all, 20.6% (n = 74) of participants had previously experienced COVID-19. The rate of individuals who experienced the death of any of their relatives due to COVID-19 was 17.8%. Only 65.8% of respondents fully complied with government-implemented measures for the outbreak. School attendance (OR = 1.983, p = 0.033) and impulsivity (OR = 1.115, p < 0.001) were found to be positively correlated with COVID-19. The presence of a significantly higher psychiatric disease admission history in patients with COVID-19 in binary comparisons did not reach the level of significance in regression analysis. Our results suggest that high school attendance and impulsivity scores are positively correlated with COVID-19 in young people. Government strategies related to schools need to be carefully reviewed for this reason.
Descriptors: Self Control, Conceptual Tempo, Attendance, COVID-19, Pandemics, Fear, Resilience (Psychology), Correlation, Mental Disorders, Patients, High School Students, Scores
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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