Islamic lifestyle with a focus on health

Islamic lifestyle with a focus on health

Investigating Different Dimensions of Coronary Anxiety Among Students (Case Study: Students in University of Kashan)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Mohammad Amini
Hamid Rahimi
Associate Prof, Education Department, School of Humanity, University of Kashan, Kashan, Iran
Abstract
Introduction: With the outbreak of Covid 19 disease, many jobs and organizations have been closed, and universities are no exception to this rule, and this issue has imposed a great psychological burden on students. Thus the purpose this research was investigating different dimensions of coronary anxiety among students in University of Kashan.
Methods: The type of research was descriptive-survey and statistical population consisted all of students at University of Kashan in academic years 2021-2022 (N=7452) that by Cochran Formulate and accidental sampling 434 ones, selected as sample. In order to collect datas used from a researcher-made questionnaire of coronary anxiety in 39 closed-response items in five components (social-communication anxiety, economic-financial anxiety, religious-spiritual anxiety, mental anxiety and physical anxiety) on based five-point Likert scale with a standard score 3. By using Cronbach Alpha Coefficient, the questionnaire reliability was estimated to be 0.95. Data’s analysis done in two level of descriptive & inferential.
Results: The results showed that the mean of all components of corona anxiety was higher than the average (3). The highest average was related to physical anxiety component with mean and standard deviation (4.46±0.72). There is a positive and significant correlation between all dimensions of corona anxiety. The highest correlation between physical and mental anxiety was 0.67. Also, there was no significant difference between students’ corona anxiety according to gender. 
Conclusion: According to the results of the research, the mean of all the components of corona anxiety in social-relational, economic-financial, religious-spiritual, psychological & physical dimensions was above average and somehow in an unfavorable situation. There is a positive & significant correlation between all dimensions of corona anxiety. With the increase of corona anxiety in every dimension, anxiety in other dimensions also follows. Because anxiety, as a variable, creates and threatens health in different dimensions and has been confirmed by many researchers in numerous studies.
 
Keywords
Coronary Anxiety
Covid 19
Student
University
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