Khoshaim Heba Bakr, Al-Sukayt Areej, Chinna Karuthan, Nurunnabi Mohammad, Sundarasen Sheela, Kamaludin Kamilah, Baloch Gul Mohammad, Hossain Syed Far Abid
Deanship of Educational Services, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Accounting, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Front Psychiatry. 2020 Dec 11;11:579750. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.579750. eCollection 2020.
COVID-19 is the worst pandemic of this millennium, and it is considered to be the "public enemy number one." This catastrophe has changed the way we live in the blink of an eye. Not only has it threatened our existence and health status, but the damage associated with it could equally affect our economic, social, and educational systems. The focus of this study was on the anxiety level of university students during the COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia. The study was conducted between March and June 2020. A questionnaire was administered online, and 400 completed questionnaires were returned. In this study, the Zung self-rating anxiety scale was used to determine the anxiety levels among the respondents. The results indicated that about 35% of the students experienced moderate to extreme levels of anxiety. Anxiety was highly associated with age, sex, and level of education. These findings can enlighten government agencies and policy makers on the importance of making prompt, effective decisions to address students' anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic. Researchers are encouraged to focus their future studies on how to develop strategies to boost students' resilience and enhance their adaptability skills for similar disasters in the future.
新冠疫情是本世纪最严重的大流行病，被视为“头号公敌”。这场灾难在眨眼间改变了我们的生活方式。它不仅威胁到我们的生存和健康状况，与之相关的破坏同样可能影响我们的经济、社会和教育体系。本研究的重点是沙特阿拉伯大学生在新冠疫情期间的焦虑水平。该研究于2020年3月至6月进行。通过在线方式发放问卷，共收回400份完整问卷。在本研究中，使用zung自评焦虑量表来确定受访者的焦虑水平。结果表明，约35%的学生经历了中度至极端程度的焦虑。焦虑与年龄、性别和教育程度高度相关。这些发现可以让政府机构和政策制定者认识到在新冠疫情期间迅速做出有效决策以解决学生焦虑问题的重要性。鼓励研究人员在未来的研究中专注于如何制定策略来增强学生的恢复力，并提高他们应对未来类似灾难的适应能力。
