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Analysis of nursing students' obsessive and coping behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic
Gülcan Bahçecioğlu Turan1, Semra Köse2, Meyreme Aksoy3
1Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Fırat University, Elaziğ, Turkey.
Purpose:
This study was conducted to examine the obsessive behaviors and coping behaviors of nursing students during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
Design And Methods:
This descriptive study was conducted between October 4 and October 17, 2020.
Findings:
In this study, it was found that nursing students had a mean total COVID-19 Obsessive Compulsive Scale score of 3.88 ± 3.02 and a mean total Ways of Coping Inventory (WCI) score of 47.05 ± 11.68. When the subscales of the WCI were examined, mean scores were found to be 13.64 ± 4.85 for the self-confident approach, 8.91 ± 3.35 for the optimistic approach, 7.25 ± 2.24 for the seeking social support approach, 10.97 ± 4.43 for the helpless approach, and 6.24 ± 3.20 for the submissive approach.
Practice Implications:
Nursing students have low levels of obsession with COVID-19 and moderate levels of coping behaviors. For this reason, it is very important to recognize the psychological symptoms of today's nursing students-the health workforce of the future-and to determine priorities for their solution.
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