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- Title
The impact of impulsivity and school attendance on COVID‐19 spread: A web‐based cross‐sectional questionnaire.
- Authors
Karadag, Mehmet; Demir, Bahadir
- Abstract
Some personal and social decisions can be influential in the spread of COVID‐19. There are no studies examining school attendance, impulsivity, COVID‐19 phobia, and psychological resilience together while the effect of some individual and social measures on COVID‐19 has been frequently investigated. In this study 360 participants were evaluated through an online questionnaire method during the peak of the COVID‐19 pandemic. Sociodemographic data form prepared by the researchers, COVID‐19 Phobia Scale, Barratt Impulsivity Scale, and Brief Resilience Scale were used in the study. In all, 20.6% (n = 74) of participants had previously experienced COVID‐19. The rate of individuals who experienced the death of any of their relatives due to COVID‐19 was 17.8%. Only 65.8% of respondents fully complied with government‐implemented measures for the outbreak. School attendance (OR = 1.983, p =.033) and impulsivity (OR = 1.115, p <.001) were found to be positively correlated with COVID‐19. The presence of a significantly higher psychiatric disease admission history in patients with COVID‐19 in binary comparisons did not reach the level of significance in regression analysis. Our results suggest that high school attendance and impulsivity scores are positively correlated with COVID‐19 in young people. Government strategies related to schools need to be carefully reviewed for this reason. Highlights: It is the first study to evaluate impulsivity, COVID‐19 phobia, and psychological resilience together in young people with and without COVID‐19.High school attendance and impulsivity scores showed a positive correlation with COVID‐19 in young people.The presence of a significantly higher psychiatric disease admission history in patients with COVID‐19 infection did not show significance in regression analysis.
- Subjects
COVID-19 pandemic; SCHOOL attendance; COVID-19; YOUNG adults; IMPULSIVE personality; SCHOOL absenteeism
- Publication
Psychology in the Schools, 2023, Vol 60, Issue 5, p1581
- ISSN
0033-3085
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/pits.22700