The relationship between perceived stress and social anxiety with psychological cohesion in pandemic crises, with emphasis on Covid 19 patients discharged from Sabzevar Vasei Hospital

Document Type : Original Article

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1 PhD Student in Educational Psychology, Bojnourd Azad University, Bojnour, Iran

2 Master of Clinical Psychology, Semnan Azad University, Semnan, Iran

3 Master of Educational Psychology, Bojnourd Azad University, Bojnourd, Iran

Abstract

Introduction:The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between perceived stress and social anxiety with psychological cohesion in pandemic crises, with emphasis on covid 19 patients discharged from Sabzevar Vasei Hospital
Method: The present study is a descriptive correlational study and its statistical population is all 4500 patients with covid 19 patients discharged from Sabzevar Vasei Hospital in 2020. The statistical sample consists of 351 people who have been selected as a statistical sample based on the Morgan table and random sampling method. The instruments used in this study were Cohen et al(PSS) Perceived Stress Scale, Leibovitz Social Anxiety Scale(LSAS) and Flensberg et al(SCQ). Mental Cohesion Scale questionnaires.
Results: In order to analyze the data, correlation coefficient and regression analysis were used by stepwise method. The results showed that there is a significant relationship between perceived stress and social anxiety and its components with the feeling of psychological cohesion in a negative direction and among the components of social anxiety, the share of social status anxiety is higher. (p = 0.001).
Conclusion: In general, it can be concluded that the feeling of psychological cohesion in patients recovering from coronary artery can be a negative predictor of perceived stress and social anxiety and have a preventive role, and individual and group psychological measures on mental cohesion can reduce perceived stress and social anxiety. Individuals lead and contribute to collective mental health

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  • Receive Date: 10 February 2021
  • Revise Date: 17 March 2021
  • Accept Date: 02 May 2021

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