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Compliance with Standard Precaution and Its Relationship With Views on Infection Control and Prevention Policy Among Chinese University Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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: Received: 20 April 2022 / Approved: 21 April 2022 / Online: 21 April 2022 (10:06:24 CEST)
How to cite:
Cheng, W.; Kwong, E.; Lee, R.; Tang, A. Compliance with Standard Precaution and Its Relationship With Views on Infection Control and Prevention Policy Among Chinese University Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Preprints2022, 2022040201. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202204.0201.v1
Cheng, W.; Kwong, E.; Lee, R.; Tang, A. Compliance with Standard Precaution and Its Relationship With Views on Infection Control and Prevention Policy Among Chinese University Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Preprints 2022, 2022040201. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202204.0201.v1
Cheng, W.; Kwong, E.; Lee, R.; Tang, A. Compliance with Standard Precaution and Its Relationship With Views on Infection Control and Prevention Policy Among Chinese University Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Preprints2022, 2022040201. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202204.0201.v1
APA Style
Cheng, W., Kwong, E., Lee, R., & Tang, A. (2022). Compliance with Standard Precaution and Its Relationship With Views on Infection Control and Prevention Policy Among Chinese University Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202204.0201.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Cheng, W., Regina Lee and Anson Tang. 2022 "Compliance with Standard Precaution and Its Relationship With Views on Infection Control and Prevention Policy Among Chinese University Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202204.0201.v1
Abstract
Background: COVID-19 has placed tremendous pressure on the global public health system and has changed daily life. Aim: To examine the relationships between the perceived threat, perceived stress, coping responses and infection control practices towards the COVID-19 pandemic among university students in China. Methods: Using a cross-sectional survey, 4,392 students were recruited from six universities in two regions of China. Methods: Data were collected via an online platform using self-reported questionnaires. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses were performed to predict the variables on COVID-19 infection control practices. Results: Pearson correlation coefficients showed a significant negative relationship between perceived stress and COVID-19 infection control practices. A significant positive relationship was observed between wishful thinking and empathetic responding, and infection control practices. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses revealed that gender, geographical location, perceived stress and emotion-focused and relationship-focused coping responses were predictors of COVID-19 infection control practices. Conclusions: The findings suggest that university students displayed moderate levels of stress, using wishful thinking and empathetic responses as coping strategies. Counselling services should therefore emphasise reassurance and empathy. Male university students tended to be less compliant with social distancing. Both counselling and public health measures should recognise the importance of gender differences. Nurses should integrate these findings into future health program planning and interventions.
Keywords
COVID-19; emotion-focused coping; infection control practices; perceived stress; relation-ship-focused coping
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Psychiatry and Mental Health
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