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COVID-Related Functional Difficulties and Concerns Among University Students During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Binational Perspective
- Source :
- Journal of Community Health
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020.
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Abstract
- The COVID-19 pandemic has created a sense of threat, and stress that has surged globally at an alarming pace. University students were confronted with new challenges. This study examined university students' functional difficulties and concerns during COVID-19 pandemic in two countries: Israel and Ukraine. Additionally, it examined the similarities and differences in prediction of COVID-related concerns in both countries. Two large samples of university students were drawn from both countries. Results showed that students' main functional difficulties in both countries were: worries about their family health status and their learning assignments. In both countries, COVID-related functional difficulties and stress associated with exposure to the media added a significant amount of the explained variance of COVID-related concerns after controlling for background variables. In conclusion-while the level of exposure and difficulties may differ by country and context, their associations with students' concerns seem robust. Additionally, repeated exposure to media coverage about a community threat can lead to increased anxiety.
- Subjects :
- Health (social science)
Universities
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
education
Context (language use)
Functional difficulties
Developmental psychology
Health(social science)
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Pandemic
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Students
Pandemics
Pace
Family health
Original Paper
030505 public health
SARS-CoV-2
Perspective (graphical)
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
COVID-19
Media exposure
Explained variation
University students
Comparative studies
COVID-related concerns
Anxiety
Female
medicine.symptom
0305 other medical science
Psychology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15733610 and 00945145
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Community Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....855bd4a15ef09ddb9995808ea88af2d7
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-020-00930-9