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J Allied Health. 2023 Summer;52(2):149-159.
Several fields, such as public health, economy, and science, have been adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The objectives of the present study were to investigate knowledge, attitudes, communication, commitment, and behavioral practices of Jordan university students; and using structural equation modelling (SEM) to investigate the relationship among COVID-19 knowledge, attitude, communication, commitment and behavioral practices of students.
In this cross-sectional study, the primary data were collected from 1,095 students comprising 298 males (27.21%) and 797 females (72.79%) from three major universities in Jordan using an online-based questionnaire.
It was found that scores of knowledge, attitudes, communication, commitment, and behavioral practices of students about COVID-19 were 81.4, 79.3, 70.0, 72.6, and 67.4%, respectively. The results also showed that significant association the variables of knowledge and attitudes as well as the commitment and communication are partial mediators in this relationship. Further, a clear positive relationship was observed between the communication, commitment, and behavioral practices of students.
This study confirms the importance of communication and commitment to generate proactive behavioral practices.
COVID-19 大流行对公共卫生、经济和科学等多个领域产生了不利影响。本研究的目的是调查约旦大学生的知识、态度、沟通、承诺和行为实践；并使用结构方程模型（SEM）来研究学生 COVID-19 知识、态度、沟通、承诺和行为实践之间的关系。
在这项横断面研究中，主要数据是从约旦三所主要大学的 1095 名学生中收集的，其中包括 298 名男性（27.21%）和 797 名女性（72.79%），使用基于在线的问卷。
研究发现，学生对 COVID-19 的知识、态度、沟通、承诺和行为实践的得分分别为 81.4、79.3、70.0、72.6 和 67.4%。结果还表明，知识和态度变量以及承诺和沟通之间存在显著关联，这些变量在这种关系中是部分中介变量。此外，还观察到学生的沟通、承诺和行为实践之间存在明显的正相关关系。
本研究证实了沟通和承诺对于产生积极的行为实践的重要性。
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