Publication date: Dec 05, 2024
The spread of the COVID-19 epidemic, as well as its high contagiousness, increased students’ anxiety and stress. Anxiety may affect individuals’ functioning and undermine their self-efficacy. Therefore, the present study aimed to determine the relationship between COVID-19 anxiety and self-efficacy among adolescent students. This cross-sectional descriptive correlational study was conducted on 306 adolescent students in southern Iran. The research tools were the Corona Disease Anxiety Scale consisting of physical and psychological dimensions of anxiety and the Self-Efficacy Scale composed of three subscales: academic, social, and emotional self-efficacy. Data were analyzed using SPSS 25. Pearson correlation was used to investigate the relationship between COVID-19 anxiety and self-efficacy using the total score of both scales and their dimensions as well. T-Test and one-way ANOVA were used to see whether sociodemographic variables of participants significantly varied in self-efficacy and COVID-19 anxiety. The mean score of COVID-19 anxiety was 11. 70 +/- 9. 25, representing mild anxiety, and the mean score of the psychological dimension was higher than that of the physical dimension. The mean self-efficacy score was 81. 29 +/- 12. 98 indicating high level of self-efficacy. In addition, the mean score of academic self-efficacy was higher than that of social and emotional self-efficacy. There was an inverse, significant, and mild to moderate relationship between COVID-19 anxiety and the total score of self-efficacy (r = -. 28, p < .001) and all its dimensions (r = -. 18, p = .002 for social and academic self-efficacy; r = -. 32, p
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Concepts | Keywords |
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Academic | Adolescent |
Covid | Anxiety |
Increased | COVID-19 |
Iran | Cross-Sectional Studies |
Psychological | Female |
Humans | |
Iran | |
Male | |
SARS-CoV-2 | |
Self Efficacy | |
Students | |
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