Students' negative emotions and their rational and irrational behaviors during COVID-19 outbreak.

ABSTRACT: The pandemic has posed an intense threat to the mental health of younger adults. Despite significant efforts in studying various aspects of COVID-19, there is a dearth of evidence on how negative emotions are associated with behaviors. A comparison across associated factors to different negative emotions by means of a unified model is especially missing from the literature. This study was conducted by using the results of a survey conducted across 2,534 students enrolled in 7 states in the US. Various feelings such as sad, irritable, stress and guilt were analyzed in a unified model by means of seemingly unrelated regression (SUR). Questions were asked related to rationally limiting the spread of virus, and questions related to behaviors that seem to be extreme. Irrational behaviors, such

SUBMITTER: Rezapour M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8901067 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature