@article{article_979217, title={Investigation of psychological characteristics of young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic period}, journal={Turkish Journal of Public Health}, volume={19}, pages={274–285}, year={2021}, DOI={10.20518/tjph.979217}, author={Türkmen, Ayşe Sonay and Ceylan, Ali and Topuz, Ayşe}, keywords={perceived stress, young adult individual, COVID-19, young adult individual, perceived stress, obssesive-compulsive behavior}, abstract={<p> <b>Objective: </b>Aim of this study was to investigate the possible effects of changing living conditions due to COVID-19 in young adult individuals. <b>Methods: </b> The study was conducted as a descriptive relation-seeker-type. A total of 551 young people were reached. Questionnaire, Perceived Stress Scale, Health Anxiety Scale-Short Form and Maudsley Obsessive Compulsive Question List were used. For Analysis was used number, percentage, mean, standard deviation, chi-square, t test, ANOVA, Tukey-HSD and Pearson correlation tests. <b>Results: </b> The average age of the participants was 22.60 ± 3.49 years. 74% are women, 88.6% are single, 53.4% are students (health). The average stress score of individuals is 30.44±7.86, the average HAS-1 is 14.32±6.22, the average HAS-2 is 3.43±2.34 and the average MOCQ is 17.79±7.19. In terms of obsessive-compulsive disorder, 10% (n=55) of the participants showed low trends, 29.9% (n=165) moderate, and 60.1% (n=331) showed a high level of trend.It was determined that individuals’ perceived stress, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive behavior levels changed according to variables such as age, gender, marital status, occupation, presence of chronic disease, smoking and quarantine status (p<0.05). <b>Conclusion: </b> It was determined that young people experienced psychological problems due to the COVID-19 outbreak, and these problems changed according to demographic characteristic. </p>}, number={3}, publisher={Halk Sağlığı Uzmanları Derneği}