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The Mediating Role of Corona Disease Anxiety in the Relationship between Trait Anxiety with General Health and Health-Promoting Lifestyle in Students

Document Type : Scientific Research

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1 MA of Industrial & Organizational Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education & Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

2 Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the mediating role of corona disease anxiety in the relationship between trait anxiety with general health and health-promoting lifestyle in students. Method: The statistical population of this study included all female students of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz in 2020 who participated in the research online. Then, the participants were asked to complete the Corona Disease Anxiety Scale (Alipour et al., 2019), State-Trait Anxiety Inventory(Spielberger, 1970), General Health Questionnaire (Goldberg, 1972), and Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile (Walker et al., 1987). Structural Equation Modeling was used to test the research model. Also, to investigate the significance of indirect effects of the research model, the bootstrapping method was used. Findings: The results of analysis showed that the proposed model had a good fitness. Also, the direct effects of the model showed the significant effect of trait anxiety on the corona disease anxiety; and the effect of corona disease anxiety was significant general health and health-promoting lifestyle (p< 0.0001). In addition, the results showed that all the indirect effects of the model are significant. Conclusion: According to the results, an trait anxiety can affect general health and health-promoting lifestyle by mediating corona disease anxiety.

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Health Psychology
Volume 10, Issue 40
February 2022
Pages 165-179
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