COVID 19 Fear Impact among Russian “Helping Profession” Students
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Design, Participants and Procedures
2.2. Statistical Analysis
2.3. Participants
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Limitations
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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| Study Area | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine (n = 1287) | Psychology (n = 552) | Social work (n = 256) | Total (n = 2095) | |
| Gender, % (n) | *** | *** | *** | |
| Male | 28.9 (371) | 14.2 (78) | 25.0 (64) | 24.6 (513) |
| Female | 71.1 (912) | 85.8 (471) | 75.0 (192) | 75.4 (1575) |
| Age, | *** | *** | *** | |
| Mean (SD) | 19.0 (2.4) | 22.9 (7.4) | 20.0 (2.0) | 19.9 (4.2) |
| Median | 19.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 19.0 |
| (Range) | (17–62) | (17–62) | (17–34) | (17–62) |
| Religiosity, % (n) | *** | *** | *** | |
| Secular | 28.6 (367) | 44.9 (248) | 43.0 (110) | 34.7 (725) |
| Non-secular | 71.4 (916) | 55.1 (304) | 57.0 (148) | 65.3 (1366) |
| Year of study, % (n) | *** | *** | *** | |
| First | 30.9 (398) | 18.7 (103) | 29.6 (75) | 27.6 (576) |
| Second | 58.3 (748) | 34.8 (192) | 23.3 (59) | 47.8 (999) |
| Third | 1.5 (19) | 19.4 (107) | 28.1 (71) | 9.4 (197) |
| Fourth and more | 9.3 (119) | 27.1 (150) | 19.0 (48) | 15.2 (317) |
| Study Area | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine (n = 1287) | Psychology (n = 552) | Social work (n = 256) | Total (n = 2095) | |
| Cigarette smoking before COVID-19, % (n) | 19.7 (229) *** | 27.8 (130) *** | 32.7 (74) *** | 23.3 (433) |
| Alcohol use before COVID-19, % (n) | 39.7 (464) *** | 60.0 (284) *** | 54.8 (125) *** | 46.7 (687) |
| Last month cigarette smoking, % (n) | 20.5 (240) *** | 30.6 (144) *** | 34.2 (77) *** | 24.7 (461) |
| Last month alcohol use, % (n) | 38.8 (453) *** | 56.6 (269) *** | 55.1 (125) *** | 45.3 (847) |
| Last month binge drinking, % (n) | 4.6 (54) ** | 3.8 (18) ** | 9.6 (22) ** | 5.0 (94) |
| Last month cigarette smoking more than usual, % (n) | 5.9 (69) *** | 7.0 (33) *** | 13.3 (30) *** | 7.1 (132) |
| Last month alcohol use more than usual, % (n) | 5.7 (66) *** | 6.7 (32) *** | 13.3 (30) *** | 6.9 (128) |
| Study Area | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine (n = 1287) | Psychology (n = 552) | Social work (n = 256) | Total (n = 2095) | |
| Depressed, % (n) | 26.4 (302) | 24.1 (110) | 30.2 (65) | 26.2 (477) |
| Exhausted, % (n) | 18.1 (204) | 21.7 (100) | 19.9 (43) | 19.2 (347) |
| Lonely, % (n) | 25.1 (285) | 25.1 (114) | 31.0 (66) | 25.8 (465) |
| Nervous, % (n) | 32.7 (376) | 30.5 (142) | 36.8 (81) | 32.6 (599) |
| Angry, % (n) | 22.7 (259) | 23.6 (108) | 28.8 (61) | 23.7 (428) |
| Any conditions, % (n) | 49.4 (551) | 51.0 (228) | 52.2 (108) | 50.1 (887) |
| Gender | Religiosity | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male (n = 513) | Female (n = 1575) | Secular (n = 725) | Non-secular (n = 1366) | |
| Depressed, % (n) | 17.8 (80) *** | 29.1 (396) *** | 25.9 (160) | 26.4 (316) |
| Exhausted, % (n) | 15.4 (69) * | 20.5 (277) * | 20.0 (123) | 18.9 (224) |
| Lonely, % (n) | 22.0 (99) * | 27.1 (365) * | 29.0 (180) * | 24.1 (284) * |
| Nervous, % (n) | 22.2 (100) *** | 36.0 (497) *** | 32.0 (200) | 33.1 (399) |
| Angry, % (n) | 21.0 (96) | 24.6 (332) | 25.4 (158) | 22.7 (269) |
| Any conditions, % (n) | 38.8 (171) *** | 53.9 (714) *** | 49.9 (301) | 50.3 (585) |
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Konstantinov, V.; Gritsenko, V.; Zinurova, R.; Kulesh, E.; Osipenko, I.; Reznik, A.; Isralowitz, R. COVID 19 Fear Impact among Russian “Helping Profession” Students. Psych 2021, 3, 163-170. https://doi.org/10.3390/psych3020014
Konstantinov V, Gritsenko V, Zinurova R, Kulesh E, Osipenko I, Reznik A, Isralowitz R. COVID 19 Fear Impact among Russian “Helping Profession” Students. Psych. 2021; 3(2):163-170. https://doi.org/10.3390/psych3020014
Chicago/Turabian StyleKonstantinov, Vsevolod, Valentina Gritsenko, Raushaniia Zinurova, Elena Kulesh, Irina Osipenko, Alexander Reznik, and Richard Isralowitz. 2021. "COVID 19 Fear Impact among Russian “Helping Profession” Students" Psych 3, no. 2: 163-170. https://doi.org/10.3390/psych3020014
APA StyleKonstantinov, V., Gritsenko, V., Zinurova, R., Kulesh, E., Osipenko, I., Reznik, A., & Isralowitz, R. (2021). COVID 19 Fear Impact among Russian “Helping Profession” Students. Psych, 3(2), 163-170. https://doi.org/10.3390/psych3020014

