COVID-19 Anxiety and Rumination in University Students in The COVID-19 Process

Year 2022, Issue: 48, 15 - 21, 29.08.2022

Mustafa Güler Binaz Bozkur

https://doi.org/10.52642/susbed.1096817

Cited By: 1

Abstract

This study aims to determine the relationship between COVID-19 anxiety and rumination in university students and to examine the contributions of rumination in predicting COVID-19 anxiety. The research group of this study, which was conducted using the descriptive method and the relational scanning model, consisted of 417 students (86.1% female, 13.9% male) studying in different programs at Selçuk University. “COVID-19 Rumination Scale (C-19RS)”, “Coronavirus Anxiety Scale Short Form” and personal information form are data collection tools used in the study. Data collected for the research was analyzed via SPSS 25.00 package program. Correlation analysis was used to determine the relationships between COVID-19 anxiety and rumination scores of university students, while regression analysis was performed to determine the contribution of rumination scores in predicting COVID-19 anxiety scores. As a result of the research, there was a moderately significant positive correlation between the COVID-19 anxiety scores of university students and their rumination scores. Rumination scores of university students were found to be a significant predictor of COVID-19 anxiety scores, explaining 31% of the variance in their COVID-19 anxiety scores. The research findings were discussed in light of the literature

Keywords

COVID-19, University Students, COVID-19 Anxiety, Rumination

COVİD-19 Sürecinde Üniversite Öğrencilerinde COVİD-19 Anksiyetesi ve Ruminasyon

Abstract

Bu araştırmanın amacı, üniversite öğrencilerinin COVID-19 kaygısı ve ruminasyon arasındaki ilişkiyi belirleyerek ruminasyonun COVID-19 kaygısını yordamadaki katkılarını incelemektir. Betimsel yöntemle yapılan ve ilişkisel tarama modelinin kullanıldığı bu çalışmanın araştırma grubu Selçuk Üniversitesi’nin farklı programlarında öğrenim gören 417 öğrenciden (%86,1 kız, %13,9 erkek) oluşmaktadır. Araştırmada veri toplama aracı olarak “COVID-19 Ruminasyon Ölçeği (C-19RS)”, “Koronavirüs Anksiyete Ölçeği Kısa Formu” ve Kişisel Bilgi Formu kullanılmıştır. Araştırma için toplanan verilerin analizinde SPSS 25.00 paket programı kullanılmıştır. Üniversite öğrencilerinin COVID-19 kaygısı ve ruminasyon puanları arasındaki ilişkilyi belirlemek üzere korelasyon analizi kullanılırken, ruminasyonun COVID-19 kaygısını yordamadaki katkısını belirlemek için regresyon analizi yapılmıştır. Araştırma sonucunda üniversite öğrencilerinin COVID-19 kaygısı puanları ile ruminasyon puanları arasında pozitif yönde orta düzeyde anlamlı ilişkisinin olduğu görülmüştür. Üniversite öğrencilerinin ruminasyon puanlarının COVID-19 kaygısı puanlarına ilişkin varyansın %31'ini açıklayarak, COVID-19 kaygısının anlamlı bir yordayıcısı olduğu bulunmuştur. Araştırma bulguları literatür ışığında tartışılmıştır.

Keywords

COVID-19, Üniversite Öğrencileri, COVID-19 Anksiyetesi, Ruminasyon

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