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Perception and preventive actions against COVID-19 in domestic and international students

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

E. Nikolaev ,
A. Aleksandrov ,
I. Poverinov  and
L. Niyazov
E. Nikolaev*
Affiliation:
Social And Clinical Psychology, Ulianov Chuvash State University, Chebokasry, Russian Federation
A. Aleksandrov
Affiliation:
Public Law Department, Ulianov Chuvash State University, Chebokasry, Russian Federation
I. Poverinov
Affiliation:
Philosophy, Sociology And Pedagogy Department, Ulianov Chuvash State University, Chebokasry, Russian Federation
L. Niyazov
Affiliation:
Medical Chemistry Department, Bukhara State Medical Institute, Bukhara, Uzbekistan
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Young people, regarded as less susceptible to the virus, may differently perceive the situation associated with the COVID-19 outbreak.

Objectives

To determine the differences in perception of COVID-19 and preventive actions taken against it by domestic and international university students under the spreading threat of COVID-19 illness.

Methods

During the outbreak of COVID-19, 224 domestic and 312 international students of Russian universities responded via on-line to the self-constructed Attitude towards COVID-19 Questionnaire.

Results

The showings of the international students were surely higher than those of domestic students in seriousness of their evaluation of the COVID-19-related situation in the world (p=.0006), in the country (p=.0096), and in the region (p=.0390); in the evaluation of the virus-related risks for aged and chronic patients (p=.0075), in adequacy of measures taken by the government against COVID-19 (p=.0114), in degree of disturbing their customary way of life (p=.0363), and ruining their plans for the future (p=.0161). The international students, who live mostly not at their homes and have a higher stress level (p=.0227), showed higher interest to COVID-19-related news (p=.0001), they were stricter in taking preventive measures: in wearing a mask, washing hands, keeping the distance in order to reduce the risk of the virus infection (p=.0009).

Conclusions

During the COVID-19 outbreak, both the international and domestic students are calm in perceiving the threat to their health and life. At the same time, with a higher stress level, the international students are more watchful concerning the situation of COVID-19 spread, and they more strictly obey the restrictive measures.

Keywords

perceptionpreventionCOVID-19students
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European Psychiatry , Volume 64 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 29th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2021 , pp. S316 - S317
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