Kadınlarda COVID-19 Fobisi ve Ölüm Korkusu İlişkisi: Türkiye'den Web Tabanlı İlişkisel Tanımlayıcı Bir Araştırma

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 8 Sayı: 2, 321 - 331, 26.08.2025

Nursel Alp Dal , Kerime Derya Beydağ , Süreyya Gümüşsoy

https://doi.org/10.38108/ouhcd.1205709

Öz

Amaç: Bu araştırma, COVID-19 pandemi döneminde kadınlarda COVID-19 fobisi ve ölüm korkusu düzeylerini belirlemek amacıyla yapıldı.
Yöntem: Tanımlayıcı ve ilişki arayıcı tipteki bu araştırma, Türkiye'de araştırmaya katılmayı kabul eden 2040 kadın ile sosyal medya siteleri ve sosyal ağlar üzerinden anketler paylaşılarak kartopu örnekleme yöntemi kullanılarak gerçekleştirildi.
Bulgular: Veriler COVID-19 Fobi Ölçeği (C19P-S) ve Collett-Lester Ölüm Korkusu Ölçeğinin (CL-FODS) “kişinin kendi ölümü” alt ölçeği ile elde edilmiştir. Katılımcıların ölüm korkusu ile COVID-19 fobi puanları arasında orta düzeyde, pozitif anlamlı bir doğrusal ilişki gözlemlendi.
Sonuç: Bu çalışma sonucunda, pandemi döneminde COVID-19 fobisi arttıkça ölüm korkusunun arttığı ve yakın çevresinde hastalığı yaşayan veya hastalıktan ölen bireyleri tanıyan katılımcıların bu hastalıktan daha fazla olumsuz etkilendiği belirlendi.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Pandemic , COVID-19 , Fobi , Ölüm korkusu , Kadınlar

Destekleyen Kurum

Yok

Proje Numarası

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The Relationship between COVID-19 Phobia and Fear of Death among Women: A Web-Based Correlational Descriptive Study from Türkiye

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Objective: This study was conducted to determine the COVID-19 phobia and fear of death levels in women during the COVID-19 pandemic period.
Methods: This descriptive-correlational study was carried out using the snowball sampling method by sharing questionnaires through social media sites and social networks, with 2040 women in Türkiye who agreed to participate in the study.
Results: The data were obtained with the COVID-19 Phobia Scale (C19P-S) and the "one's own death" subscale of the Collett-Lester Fear of Death Scale (CL-FODS). A moderate, positive, significant linear relationship was observed between the participants’ fear of death and COVID-19 phobia scores.
Conclusions: As a result of this study, it was determined that fear of death increased as COVID-19 phobia increased, and the participants who knew individuals in their immediate environment who had experienced the disease or died of it were affected more negatively by the pandemic period.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Pandemic , COVID-19 , phobia , fear of death , women

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