Relationship Between Social Networks, Cognitive Flexibility and Anxiety Sensitivity in Predicting Students' Corona Phobia

Bagheri Sheykhangafshe, Farzin; Sharifipour Choukami, Zeynab; Tajbakhsh, Khazar; Hamideh Moghadam, Arefeh; Hajialiani, Vahid

doi:10.22055/psy.2022.36702.2673

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

¹ PhD Candidate in Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

² M.A in General Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Literature and Human Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran.

³ B.A in General Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Literature and Human Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran.

⁴ PhD Candidate in Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22055/psy.2022.36702.2673

Abstract

Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the role of social media use, cognitive flexibility and anxiety sensitivity in predicting students' corona phobia. The present study is a descriptive correlational study. The statistical population of the study included the second high school students in Rasht in the academic year 2020-2021. In the present study, 170 students participated in the study using available sampling method. To collect data from the Fear Coronavirus 2019 Ahorsu et al. (2019); The use of social networks was used by Shi et al. (2014), cognitive flexibility Dennis & Vander Wal (2010), and anxiety sensitivity Taylor et al. (2007). The collected data were analyzed by Pearson correlation test and multiple regression analysis. The results showed that the use of social networks and anxiety sensitivity had a positive and significant correlation with corona phobia (P <0.01). In contrast, there was a significant negative relationship between cognitive flexibility and coronary phobia (P <0.01). The regression results showed that the research variables could significantly predict 61% of coronary phobia changes. It is concluded that there is a direct relationship between social networks, cognitive flexibility and anxiety sensitivity with students' corona phobia. For two years have passed since the outbreak of COVID-19 and the deadly virus is still mutating, measures need to be taken to control the use of social media and increase students' mental health.

Keywords: Corona phobia, Using Social Networks, Cognitive Flexibility, Anxiety Sensitivity

Keywords

20.1001.1.22286144.1401.29.1.11.7

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