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Is age just a number: Exploring fear, anxiety, and coping in individuals during COVID-19

INTRODUCTION: The current pandemic coronavirus (COVID-19) is a novel disease with no standardized course of treatment and cure. This novelty, origin, and dispersion of COVID-19 have been reported to cause chaos, anxiety, and fear among the general population. AIM: The present study aimed to explore...

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Autores principales: Jain, Sonali, Jha, Shweta
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8188921/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34158715
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ipj.ipj_183_20
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description INTRODUCTION: The current pandemic coronavirus (COVID-19) is a novel disease with no standardized course of treatment and cure. This novelty, origin, and dispersion of COVID-19 have been reported to cause chaos, anxiety, and fear among the general population. AIM: The present study aimed to explore the correlation between different age groups, in relation to their general coping strategies, fear, and anxiety due to COVID-19. METHODOLOGY: The research study employed a total sample of 135 participants. The sample was divided into four age groups: 12–18, 19–25, 26–55, and 56–85. Participants were selected through convenience sampling. General coping strategies employed by these participants were assessed using a brief COPE scale, the COVID-19 fear scale was used to assess fear, and coronavirus anxiety scale was used to screen anxiety. RESULTS: Our results indicated that age has a negative correlation with adaptive coping and positive correlation with problem-focused coping, emotion-focused coping, and fear of COVID-19. The most used coping strategy among the age groups 12–18 and 19–25 age group was adaptive coping; for the 26–55 age group, it was problem-focused coping; and for the age group 56–85, emotion-focused coping was used the most. CONCLUSION: The findings of the current research could help to make the intervention procedure tailor-made for different age groups, thereby ensuring adherence and relatability to the precautionary directions.
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spelling pubmed-81889212021-06-21 Is age just a number: Exploring fear, anxiety, and coping in individuals during COVID-19 Jain, Sonali Jha, Shweta Ind Psychiatry J Original Article INTRODUCTION: The current pandemic coronavirus (COVID-19) is a novel disease with no standardized course of treatment and cure. This novelty, origin, and dispersion of COVID-19 have been reported to cause chaos, anxiety, and fear among the general population. AIM: The present study aimed to explore the correlation between different age groups, in relation to their general coping strategies, fear, and anxiety due to COVID-19. METHODOLOGY: The research study employed a total sample of 135 participants. The sample was divided into four age groups: 12–18, 19–25, 26–55, and 56–85. Participants were selected through convenience sampling. General coping strategies employed by these participants were assessed using a brief COPE scale, the COVID-19 fear scale was used to assess fear, and coronavirus anxiety scale was used to screen anxiety. RESULTS: Our results indicated that age has a negative correlation with adaptive coping and positive correlation with problem-focused coping, emotion-focused coping, and fear of COVID-19. The most used coping strategy among the age groups 12–18 and 19–25 age group was adaptive coping; for the 26–55 age group, it was problem-focused coping; and for the age group 56–85, emotion-focused coping was used the most. CONCLUSION: The findings of the current research could help to make the intervention procedure tailor-made for different age groups, thereby ensuring adherence and relatability to the precautionary directions. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020 2021-03-15 /pmc/articles/PMC8188921/ /pubmed/34158715 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ipj.ipj_183_20 Text en Copyright: © 2021 Industrial Psychiatry Journal https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_short Is age just a number: Exploring fear, anxiety, and coping in individuals during COVID-19
title_sort is age just a number: exploring fear, anxiety, and coping in individuals during covid-19
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8188921/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34158715
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