The Impact of Turkey and Syria Earthquakes on University Students: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms, Meaning in Life, and Social Support

Behavioral Sciences, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 13(7), P. 587 - 587

Published: July 13, 2023

(1) Background: Earthquakes are natural disasters that often result in significant loss of life and property. The objective this study is to explore the frequency symptoms associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), levels meaning (ML), perceived social support (SS) among university students aftermath earthquake occurred Turkey Syria 2023. (2) Methods: This utilizes a cross-sectional correlation design achieve its objectives 603 from two public universities using an online survey (via Google Forms). was launched one month after concluded on 6 April (3) Results: results indicate total 158 students, constituting 26.20% sample, reported extreme PTSD. also 184 (30.51), 140 (23.22%) low ML SS, respectively. Female were significantly more vulnerable experiencing PTSD symptoms, as well difficulties finding SS. Finally, revealed who pursuing postgraduate studies had greater likelihood exhibiting indicative (4) Conclusions: It recommended provide services resources for symptoms.

Language: Английский

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Review on Panic Buying Behavior during Pandemics: Influencing Factors, Stockpiling, and Intervention Strategies

Behavioral Sciences, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(3), P. 222 - 222

Published: March 9, 2024

Panic buying poses significant challenges for individuals and societies. This paper provides a literature review on the process by which pandemic crisis evolves into panic behavior. The offers comprehensive perspective studies related to mitigation efforts, categorizing them based their contributions in three stages: factors influencing buying, of transforming increased demand stockpiling, applicable intervention strategies mitigate situations. introduces Socio-Economic Framework (SEFP) illustrate interaction between supply during panic. identifies lack quantitative models explicitly correlating with estimating demand. Additionally, it reveals that suggested often practical implementation guidelines. Using SEFP, importance considering interventions at various stages is highlighted, ranging from controlling demands overseeing stockpiling supply-related activities. also research gaps both qualitative modeling, policymaking, governance.

Language: Английский

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Validating the Arabic version of the Connor-Davidson resilience scale among university students

PLoS ONE, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 18(10), P. e0293384 - e0293384

Published: Oct. 24, 2023

Background The Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) stands out as a widely used measure of psychological resilience. original CD-RISC consists 25 items, commonly referred to CD-RISC-25. Aim This study aims validate the Arabic version CD-RISC-25 involving sample size 1220 participants from three universities in Jordan. Methods researcher conducted methodological investigation examine validation process. included an examination translation process and evaluation content validity, which was assessed using validity index (CVI). Construct through exploratory factor analysis confirmatory analysis, while convergent discriminant were both evaluated composite reliability (CR) square root average variance extracted. Results showed prominent level resilience 76.74±15.2 among participating university students. Regarding CD-RISC-25, CVI yielded value 0.88, signifying robust validity. identified four constructs that accounted for 56.26% total variance. goodness-of-fit indices, including goodness fit 0.91, comparative incremental 0.93, Tucker-Lewis 0.94, mean error approximation 0.048, provided strong evidence supporting alignment between observed data hypothesized constructs. Discriminant found support reliability, it demonstrated excellent with Cronbach’s alpha 0.934 all CR values surpassing threshold 0.70, thereby further establishing its overall robustness. Conclusion results provide substantial translated

Language: Английский

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Assessment Level of Environmental Literacy among Applied Science Private University (ASU) students

WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 18, P. 1012 - 1020

Published: July 28, 2022

Environmental literacy EL is a significant aspect that must be implanted in education; to continuously protect environment systems, communities, and future generations. Students should understand skills motivation make responsible decisions for sustainable environment. This research aimed assess student evaluate the influence of demographic factors on level among students at Applied Science Private University Jordan. A total 323 students; 53.6% male, 46.4% females- took test. The test had three parts: student’s profile, environmental knowledge, attitude. findings indicated high knowledge energy, pollution, recycling. results also showed moderate issues such as concerns, ecology, water scarcity, global warming, ozone layer depletion. lower mean scores were determined items time gardens irrigation flue gas. It revealed no differences between Gender, faculty, cumulative average, income levels affect EL. Multimedia alongside books school experience served key source information. concluded does not always behavioral intentions, so national strategy needed improve current curricula higher education institution.

Language: Английский

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A Study On Consumer Education Towards External Stimuli Affecting Online Shopping Behavior – Analysis Using Jamovi

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

This research explores how external cues, including economic, social, political, technological, and cultural factors, influence consumer purchasing decisions on the internet. Using a mixed-method strategy, it examines theoretical underpinnings empirical data of stimuli internet shopping behavior. Furthermore, this study gives suggestions to educate towards online shopping. The findings can help merchants marketers create successful marketing campaigns, enhance user experience, strengthen customer bonds. To ensure representation across all demographics buying inclinations, varied sample consumers is gathered. Advanced statistical approaches are used in analysis find patterns, trends, connections between environmental factors behaviours.

Language: Английский

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COVID-19-Related News Consumption Linked with Stress and Worry, but Not Sleep Quality, Early in the Pandemic

Psychology Health & Medicine, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 28(4), P. 980 - 994

Published: Nov. 2, 2022

Beginning in early 2020, the novel coronavirus was subject of frequent and sustained news coverage. Building on prior literature stress-inducing effects consuming during a large-scale crisis, we used network analysis to investigate association between disease 2019 (COVID-19) consumption, COVID-19-related psychological stress, worries about oneself one's loved ones getting COVID-19, sleep quality. Data were collected March 2020 from 586 adults (45.2% female; 72.9% White) recruited via Amazon Mechanical Turk U.S. Participants completed online surveys assessing attitudes behaviors related COVID-19 questionnaire seven domains Networks constructed using partial regularized correlation matrices. As hypothesized, consumption positively associated with stress concerns COVID-19. However, there very few associations quality indices, gender did not moderate any observed relationships. This study replicates extends previous findings that COVID-19-news is linked pandemic, but even under such conditions, can be spared due pandemic allowing for flexibility morning work/school schedules.

Language: Английский

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Dosah pandémie COVID-19 na zmeny v nákupnom správaní spotrebiteľov na Slovensku

Sociológia - Slovak Sociological Review, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 54(5), P. 385 - 411

Published: Oct. 9, 2022

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Changes in Consumer Shopping Behavior Slovakia.Globally, pandemic disrupted daily activities, which led to a change consumer shopping behavior as well.The aim this paper is analyze how consumers has changed result Slovakia.Two phases an omnibus survey were realized (before COVID-19, January 2018 and during pandemic, November 2020, June 2021).The research indicates that consumption patterns before pandemic.The majority Slovak purchased their food at large stores resulted panic among third Slovakia.About more than tenth used online often pandemic.

Language: Английский

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مجلة التربية الخاصة والتأهيل, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 17(60.1), P. 0 - 0

Published: March 1, 2024

The study aimed to determine the obstacles using technology in teaching students with disabilities.Disability Jordan is because of natural variables.The disability taught and gender experience teachers, according analytical description approach, Building applying an appropriate questionnaire (128) teachers ( 12) special education centers.It was concluded that level very high, they are respectively related learners, then comes educational science, followed by academic environment, while teacher considered moderate.it also shown there significant differences presence these depending on nature being taught, which favor mental compared autism spectrum, challenges appear more among less than five years experience, male female teachers.The recommended specialized institutions pay attention producing advanced technologies suitable for people disabilities, training produce digital technological content.

Language: Английский

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The effect of Quarantine Period During COVID-19 Pandemic on the psychological aspects among Jordanian sample أثر الحجـر الصحي خلال فتـرة جائحـة كـورونا علـى الجـوانـب النفسيـة لـدى عينــة من المجتمــع الأردنــــي

مجلة التربية الخاصة والتأهيل, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 17(60.1), P. 35 - 61

Published: March 1, 2024

This study aims to investigate the psychological dimensions of cognitive, emotional, and behavioral aspects that arise as a consequence COVID-19-related quarantines. Moreover, considering demographic factors, we hypothesize these quarantines may influence aspects. We performed descriptive cross-sectional design using an online survey (Google Forms) gather data from cohort Jordanian participants during period spanning March 21st May 31st, 2020. The sample contained (1577) individuals aged between 15 65 years. employed validated Arabic scale. Findings revealed cognitive aspect experienced most effect quarantine in Jordan, followed by aspect. Differences were observed emotional across age group marital status. Furthermore, gender appeared predictors dimensions. Cognitive was affected periods. propose implementation awareness programs governmental organizations address concerns pandemics.مستخلص الدراسةهدفت هذه الدراسة إلى معرفة تأثير الحجر الصحي خلال فترة جائحة كورونا 19 على الجوانب النفسية التي تشمل المعرفية، والعاطفية، والسلوكية. علاوة ذلك، هدفت أيضا لمعرفة الفروقات تبعا للعوامل الديموغرافية أثناء اسُتخدم التصميم الوصفي المقطعي من استبانة وزعت عبر الإنترنت لجمع البيانات مجموعة المشاركين الأردنيين الممتدة 21 مارس 31 مايو 2020؛ حيث تكوّنت عينة من)1577( فردًا تتراوح أعمارهم بين و65 عامًا. تم استخدم مقياس باللغة العربية بعد ايجاد دلالات الصدق والثبات لديه. أشارت نتائج أن الجانب المعرفي الأكثر تأثرا في الأردن، يليه السلوكي ثم العاطفي. كما فروقات دالة احصائيا العاطفية والسلوكية لمتغيري الفئة العمرية والحالة الاجتماعية. النتائج متغيري العمر والجنس هما الاكثر قدرة التنبؤ بالأبعاد الثلاثة. إن هو تأثراً بإجراءات الصحي. تقترح هذ تنفيذ برامج توعية نفسية قبل الجهات الحكومية لمعالجة القضايا المعرفية والعاطفية قد تنشأ الازمات كجائحة كورونا. .

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Panic Buying: A Theoretical and Conceptual Review

Güncel Pazarlama Yaklaşımları ve Araştırmaları Dergisi, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Dec. 9, 2024

Purpose: Panic buying is a consumer behaviour that can be complex to explain in critical, urgent, uncertain and crisis situations. This phenomenon has yet fully explored research on behaviour, further investigation required across range of scientific fields. may have many causes consequences. Determining the panic understanding psychology disaster situations terms various theories guide government officials, businesses, marketing practitioners researchers case it occurs again future. study aims conduct conceptual theoretical examination focus its causes. Material Method: was discussed conceptually theoretically within framework literature review inferences were made. Findings: focuses Theories such as Compensatory Control Theory, Social Influence Proof Scarcity Herd Behavior, Survival Psychology Motivation Theory been intensively subject studies buying. It more common try reasons for during crises, pandemics disasters. Results: Consumers who buy should measured their post-purchase feelings regret, sadness, empathy, satisfaction, intention again. In addition, which messages strategies are likely cause useful controlling also recommended future research.

Language: Английский

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