Impact of COVID-19 Fear on COVID-19 Policy Support Among University Students in South Korea.

ABSTRACT: Objective: As the fourth wave of COVID-19 spread in South Korea in 2022, society experienced various adverse effects, including COVID-19 phobia, depression, and loneliness. Addressing these factors became a vital part of the anti-COVID-19 individual and public mental health efforts, conducted partly by fostering COVID-19 knowledge, attitudes, and compliance with public prevention practice guidelines under the controversial policy of living "with COVID-19". Method: The study used a cross-sectional online survey-based design. Participants comprised a convenience sample of Korean university students (n = 460). A survey was distributed to the participants to measure their agreement/disagreement with the policy "with COVID-19" and a structural equation model and path analys

SUBMITTER: Lee H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10233565 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature