Psychological Factors Related to Fear of COVID-19 in the General Salvadoran Population

Introduction: The objective of this article is to determine the psychological factors which are associated with the fear toward COVID-19 as experienced by the Salvadoran population in general. Method: This study is exploratory, with a cross-sectional design. For data collection a digital survey in G...

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Autores: Lobos Rivera, Marlon Elías, René Chacón Andrade, Edgardo, Cervigni, Mauricio Alejandro, Gallegos de San Vicente, Miguel Omar, Martino, Pablo Luis, Caycho Rodríguez, Tomás, Tabares, Ignacio, Calandra, Manuel Santiago, Flores Monterrosa, Angélica Nohemy, Ventura Hernández, Víctor Manuel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/223619
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/223619
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:ANXIETY
COVID-19
DEPRESSION
EL SALVADOR
FEAR
SOCIAL SUPPORT
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Sumario:Introduction: The objective of this article is to determine the psychological factors which are associated with the fear toward COVID-19 as experienced by the Salvadoran population in general. Method: This study is exploratory, with a cross-sectional design. For data collection a digital survey in Google Forms was used. There was a non-probabilistic sample of 328 Salvadorans. The mean age in general was 27.90 years-old, with a standard deviation (SD) of 9.10; the mean age for men was 29.05 years-old (SD = 9.94), and the mean age for woman was 27.42 years-old (SD = 8.70). Results: The results reveal the existence of small and medium correlations between anxiety, depression, instrumental support and positive social interaction with the variables of fear to COVID-19; the regression model predicted that the fear to COVID-19 depends on anxiety and affective support, predicting a 23% of fear to COVID-19, with medium effect. Conclusion: This research suggests anxiety and affective support are explanation of the 23% of fear towards COVID-19 in Salvadoran population in general, findings provide useful information for future researches which perform a follow up or intervention in Salvadoran population in general.

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