Table 3.
Characteristics of students related to coronavirus pandemic and their mean scores for these characteristics in Coping Strategies used in Crisis Intervention Scale (n = 967)
| Characteristics | n | % | PSS |
ACS |
ECS |
CSN |
CSCIS |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| X ± SD | X ± SD | X ± SD | X ± SD | X ± SD | ||||
| Afraid/worried about coronavirus becoming a pandemic | Yes | 838 | 86.7 | 82.05 ± 10.85 | 55.93 ± 7.91 | 34.88 ± 11.71 | 20.17 ± 3.68 | 193.04 ± 23.55 |
| No | 129 | 13.3 | 71.85 ± 17.27 | 49.37 ± 12.70 | 28.21 ± 9.67 | 17.25 ± 4.90 | 166.69 ± 37.47 | |
| Test1/p | 6.509/0.000⁎⁎⁎ | 5.698/0.000⁎⁎⁎ | 7.073/0.000⁎⁎⁎ | 6.494/0.000⁎⁎⁎ | 7.753/0.000⁎⁎⁎ | |||
| Source of information about the pandemic | Social mediaa | 223 | 23.1 | 74.73 ± 17.04 | 51.00 ± 11.77 | 29.62 ± 10.23 | 18.46 ± 4.62 | 173.82 ± 37.13 |
| Scientific journal/articleb | 51 | 5.3 | 81.82 ± 6.90 | 55.09 ± 7.12 | 42.11 ± 12.28 | 21.19 ± 2.80 | 200.23 ± 15.62 | |
| Ministry of Healthc | 693 | 71.7 | 82.52 ± 10.14 | 56.35 ± 7.57 | 34.08 ± 11.59 | 20.10 ± 3.68 | 193.79 ± 21.84 | |
| Test2/p | 36.024/0.000⁎⁎⁎ | 31.829/0.000⁎⁎⁎ | 31.467/0.000⁎⁎⁎ | 18.584/0.000⁎⁎⁎ | 54.573/0.000⁎⁎⁎ | |||
| b-c > a | b-c > a | b > c > a | b-c > a | b-c > a | ||||
| Considering and applying the warnings on protection | Yes | 836 | 86.5 | 83.08 ± 8.49 | 56.71 ± 6.69 | 34.84 ± 11.54 | 20.35 ± 3.37 | 195.00 ± 19.67 |
| No | 131 | 13.5 | 65.42 ± 20.16 | 44.45 ± 13.44 | 28.56 ± 11.13 | 16.12 ± 5.25 | 154.58 ± 40.54 | |
| Test1/p | 9.886/0.000⁎⁎⁎ | 10.243/0.000⁎⁎⁎ | 5.819/0.000⁎⁎⁎ | 12.221/0.000⁎⁎⁎ | 18.241/0.000⁎⁎⁎ | |||
| Afraid/worried about its transmission to someone from family or immediate circle | Yesa | 721 | 74.6 | 82.30 ± 9.99 | 56.20 ± 7.52 | 34.77 ± 12.16 | 20.29 ± 3.53 | 193.57 ± 21.74 |
| Sometimesb | 70 | 7.2 | 77.64 ± 15.69 | 53.14 ± 10.77 | 31.92 ± 9.85 | 18.85 ± 4.00 | 181.56 ± 33.57 | |
| Noc | 176 | 18.2 | 71.77 ± 18.75 | 48.00 ± 12.99 | 31.21 ± 9.74 | 16.87 ± 5.87 | 167.85 ± 43.13 | |
| Test2/p | 31.396/0.000⁎⁎⁎ | 33.697/0.000⁎⁎⁎ | 6.408/0.002⁎⁎ | 31.726/0.000⁎⁎⁎ | 40.420/0.000⁎⁎⁎ | |||
| a > b > c | a > b > c | a > b-c | a > b > c | a > b > c | ||||
| Coronavirus testing for themselves or their relatives | Yes | 81 | 8.4 | 83.92 ± 9.10 | 56.41 ± 7.82 | 34.17 ± 11.35 | 19.25 ± 3.62 | 193.77 ± 22.53 |
| No | 886 | 91.6 | 80.39 ± 12.61 | 54.93 ± 9.07 | 33.98 ± 11.72 | 19.83 ± 3.98 | 189.14 ± 27.71 | |
| Test1/p | 2.461/0.014⁎ | 1.428/0.154 | 0.141/0.888 | −1.252/0.211 | 1.462/0.144 | |||
| Positive results of coronavirus tests¥ | Yes | 25 | 30.9 | 83.68 ± 8.29 | 53.72 ± 9.24 | 34.80 ± 11.63 | 20.68 ± 3.79 | 192.88 ± 18.50 |
| No | 56 | 69.1 | 84.03 ± 9.51 | 57.62 ± 6.86 | 33.89 ± 11.31 | 18.62 ± 3.38 | 194.17 ± 24.26 | |
| Test1/p | −0.161/0.872 | −2.118/0.037⁎ | 0.330/0.742 | 2.430/0.017⁎ | −0.238/0.812 | |||
| Effect on mental health of staying at home due to the pandemic | Positivea | 72 | 7.4 | 77.09 ± 14.83 | 52.51 ± 10.29 | 27.98 ± 10.50 | 18.83 ± 4.54 | 176.43 ± 27.27 |
| Negativeb | 680 | 70.3 | 82.73 ± 9.93 | 56.29 ± 7.62 | 35.11 ± 11.50 | 20.40 ± 3.52 | 194.55 ± 21.58 | |
| Has no effectc | 215 | 22.3 | 75.42 ± 16.17 | 51.98 ± 11.31 | 32.46 ± 11.88 | 18.14 ± 4.48 | 178.01 ± 37.10 | |
| Test2/p | 33.869/0.000⁎⁎⁎ | 23.003/0.000⁎⁎⁎ | 14.918/0.000⁎⁎⁎ | 30.745/0.000⁎⁎⁎ | 42.160/0.000⁎⁎⁎ | |||
| b > a-c | b > a-c | b > c > a | b > a-c | b > a-c | ||||
PSS: Providing Social Support, ACS: Acquiring Coping Skills, ECS: Evaluation of a Crisis Situation, CSN: Constituting a Social Network, CSCIS: Coping Strategies used in Crisis Intervention Scale.
1
Independent Samples t-Test.
2
One-Way ANOVA.
⁎
p < 0.05.
⁎⁎
p < 0.01.
⁎⁎⁎
p < 0.001.
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n: 81.