COVID-19 Depression and Infection Prevention Behavior among College Students: A Health Belief Perspective
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an increase in depression among college students due to anxiety and fear of infection. Nonetheless, COVID-19 infection prevention measures should be actively implemented. In this study, the mediating effect of health belief on the relationship between depression...
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| description | The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an increase in depression among college students due to anxiety and fear of infection. Nonetheless, COVID-19 infection prevention measures should be actively implemented. In this study, the mediating effect of health belief on the relationship between depression and infection prevention behavior was investigated. A survey of 220 South Korean college students was conducted. Depression was found to be the independent variable, health belief the mediating variable, and infection prevention behavior the dependent variable. The model fit index according to confirmatory factor analysis was found to be suitable. Depression among college students was not directly related to COVID-19 infection prevention behavior; however, depression was confirmed to be related to infection prevention behavior via the mediation of health belief. Arbitration measures, focusing on perceived severity and susceptibility during health belief, are required. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-eed1fbb4be674acb8ff3e430e3cdc5212023-11-30T22:46:23ZengMDPI AGHealthcare2227-90322022-10-011010210410.3390/healthcare10102104COVID-19 Depression and Infection Prevention Behavior among College Students: A Health Belief PerspectiveYeong-Mi Jang0Jong-Uk Park1Nam-Yi Kim2Department of Nursing, Daejeon Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon 35408, KoreaDepartment of Medical Artificial Intelligent, Konyang University, Daejeon 35365, KoreaDepartment of Nursing, Konyang University, Daejeon 35365, KoreaThe COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an increase in depression among college students due to anxiety and fear of infection. Nonetheless, COVID-19 infection prevention measures should be actively implemented. In this study, the mediating effect of health belief on the relationship between depression and infection prevention behavior was investigated. A survey of 220 South Korean college students was conducted. Depression was found to be the independent variable, health belief the mediating variable, and infection prevention behavior the dependent variable. The model fit index according to confirmatory factor analysis was found to be suitable. Depression among college students was not directly related to COVID-19 infection prevention behavior; however, depression was confirmed to be related to infection prevention behavior via the mediation of health belief. Arbitration measures, focusing on perceived severity and susceptibility during health belief, are required.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/10/10/2104COVID-19depressionhealth behaviorhealth beliefperceptionstudents |
| spellingShingle | Yeong-Mi Jang Jong-Uk Park Nam-Yi Kim COVID-19 Depression and Infection Prevention Behavior among College Students: A Health Belief Perspective Healthcare COVID-19 depression health behavior health belief perception students |
| title | COVID-19 Depression and Infection Prevention Behavior among College Students: A Health Belief Perspective |
| title_full | COVID-19 Depression and Infection Prevention Behavior among College Students: A Health Belief Perspective |
| title_fullStr | COVID-19 Depression and Infection Prevention Behavior among College Students: A Health Belief Perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | COVID-19 Depression and Infection Prevention Behavior among College Students: A Health Belief Perspective |
| title_short | COVID-19 Depression and Infection Prevention Behavior among College Students: A Health Belief Perspective |
| title_sort | covid 19 depression and infection prevention behavior among college students a health belief perspective |
| topic | COVID-19 depression health behavior health belief perception students |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/10/10/2104 |
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