The Correlation of Coping Strategies, Perceived Social Support, and Self-Reported Anxiety among Nursing Students during the COVID-19 Outbreak
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.33755/jkk.v10i5.766Keywords:
Anxiety, coping strategy, COVID-19, social support, nursing studentAbstract
Aims: This study aims to investigate the correlation between coping strategies, perceived social support, and anxiety among nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods: A descriptive, correlational, cross-sectional study. Total sampling technique was used to recruit 106 nursing students. Data were collected using the Coping Strategies Inventory Short-Form (CSI-SF), the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS), and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7). Pearson correlation was employed to examine the relationships between key variables.
Results: Anxiety was significantly correlated with engagement (r = 0.192, p = 0.049), disengagement (r = 0.264, p = 0.006), emotion-focused engagement (r = 0.222, p = 0.022), and emotion-focused disengagement (r = 0.325, p = 0.001). However, social support and its subscales were not significantly correlated with anxiety (r = -0.007 to 0.147, p > 0.05).
Conclusions: The study suggests that students with higher anxiety tend to adopt more coping strategies, suggesting that targeted training, social support networks, and personalized interventions can improve their mental health.
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