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Individuals’ Self-Reactions Toward COVID-19 Pandemic in Relation to the Awareness of the Disease, and Psychological Hardiness in Saudi Arabia

The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak around the world has caused public health concerns and changes in peoples’ behaviors and psychological distress. The pandemic impacts on human behavior, emotions, and cognition, leading to diverse reactions in relation to awareness of the disease. However, there i...

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Autores principales: Alsukah, Aljawharh Ibrahim, Algadheeb, Nourah Abdulrhman, Almeqren, Monira Abdulrahman, Alharbi, Fatimah Sayer, Alanazi, Rasis Abdullah, Alshehri, Amal Abdulrahman, Alsubie, Futiem Nasha, Ahajri, Reem Khalid
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7767923/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33381066
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.588293
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author Alsukah, Aljawharh Ibrahim
Algadheeb, Nourah Abdulrhman
Almeqren, Monira Abdulrahman
Alharbi, Fatimah Sayer
Alanazi, Rasis Abdullah
Alshehri, Amal Abdulrahman
Alsubie, Futiem Nasha
Ahajri, Reem Khalid
author_facet Alsukah, Aljawharh Ibrahim
Algadheeb, Nourah Abdulrhman
Almeqren, Monira Abdulrahman
Alharbi, Fatimah Sayer
Alanazi, Rasis Abdullah
Alshehri, Amal Abdulrahman
Alsubie, Futiem Nasha
Ahajri, Reem Khalid
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description The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak around the world has caused public health concerns and changes in peoples’ behaviors and psychological distress. The pandemic impacts on human behavior, emotions, and cognition, leading to diverse reactions in relation to awareness of the disease. However, there is little understanding around the psychological impacts of the pandemic and strategies to overcome this impact. This study aimed to examine individuals’ reactions toward the COVID-19 pandemic in relation to their psychological hardiness, their degree of awareness toward the pandemic, and precautionary measures taken. Individuals living in Saudi Arabia were invited to complete an online questionnaire which included demographic items, psychological responses to the pandemic, awareness of COVID-19, and measures of psychological hardiness. A total of 1272 individuals were recruited into the study, with the majority being female (85%). Results indicated that the average psychological responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in the study sample were 75.85%. This indicates that the sample generally has a high level of positive psychological responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. The awareness of COVID-19 among Saudi was 91.50%. This indicates a high level of awareness among the study sample.
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spelling pubmed-77679232020-12-29 Individuals’ Self-Reactions Toward COVID-19 Pandemic in Relation to the Awareness of the Disease, and Psychological Hardiness in Saudi Arabia Alsukah, Aljawharh Ibrahim Algadheeb, Nourah Abdulrhman Almeqren, Monira Abdulrahman Alharbi, Fatimah Sayer Alanazi, Rasis Abdullah Alshehri, Amal Abdulrahman Alsubie, Futiem Nasha Ahajri, Reem Khalid Front Psychol Psychology The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak around the world has caused public health concerns and changes in peoples’ behaviors and psychological distress. The pandemic impacts on human behavior, emotions, and cognition, leading to diverse reactions in relation to awareness of the disease. However, there is little understanding around the psychological impacts of the pandemic and strategies to overcome this impact. This study aimed to examine individuals’ reactions toward the COVID-19 pandemic in relation to their psychological hardiness, their degree of awareness toward the pandemic, and precautionary measures taken. Individuals living in Saudi Arabia were invited to complete an online questionnaire which included demographic items, psychological responses to the pandemic, awareness of COVID-19, and measures of psychological hardiness. A total of 1272 individuals were recruited into the study, with the majority being female (85%). Results indicated that the average psychological responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in the study sample were 75.85%. This indicates that the sample generally has a high level of positive psychological responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. The awareness of COVID-19 among Saudi was 91.50%. This indicates a high level of awareness among the study sample. Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-12-14 /pmc/articles/PMC7767923/ /pubmed/33381066 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.588293 Text en Copyright © 2020 Alsukah, Algadheeb, Almeqren, Alharbi, Alanazi, Alshehri, Alsubie and Ahajri. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Psychology
Alsukah, Aljawharh Ibrahim
Algadheeb, Nourah Abdulrhman
Almeqren, Monira Abdulrahman
Alharbi, Fatimah Sayer
Alanazi, Rasis Abdullah
Alshehri, Amal Abdulrahman
Alsubie, Futiem Nasha
Ahajri, Reem Khalid
Individuals’ Self-Reactions Toward COVID-19 Pandemic in Relation to the Awareness of the Disease, and Psychological Hardiness in Saudi Arabia
title Individuals’ Self-Reactions Toward COVID-19 Pandemic in Relation to the Awareness of the Disease, and Psychological Hardiness in Saudi Arabia
title_full Individuals’ Self-Reactions Toward COVID-19 Pandemic in Relation to the Awareness of the Disease, and Psychological Hardiness in Saudi Arabia
title_fullStr Individuals’ Self-Reactions Toward COVID-19 Pandemic in Relation to the Awareness of the Disease, and Psychological Hardiness in Saudi Arabia
title_full_unstemmed Individuals’ Self-Reactions Toward COVID-19 Pandemic in Relation to the Awareness of the Disease, and Psychological Hardiness in Saudi Arabia
title_short Individuals’ Self-Reactions Toward COVID-19 Pandemic in Relation to the Awareness of the Disease, and Psychological Hardiness in Saudi Arabia
title_sort individuals’ self-reactions toward covid-19 pandemic in relation to the awareness of the disease, and psychological hardiness in saudi arabia
topic Psychology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7767923/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33381066
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.588293
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