Determining the relationship between perceived social support and anxiety caused by coronavirus in students

Abstract

The main objective of this study is to determine the relationship between perceived social support and anxiety caused by Corona in students. The research method was descriptive correlational. The statistical population of this study was all Payam-e-Noor students of Bushehr province universities, 7900 people, who were studying in the second half of the academic year 1400-1401. The sampling method of this study was simple random and 237 people were calculated using the Morgan table. The Corona Virus Anxiety Scale (CDAS), a multidimensional scale of perceived social support, was used. To analyze the collected data, the structural equation modeling method based on partial least squares (PLS) was used using Smart Pls and SPSS-25 software.
The results showed that the path coefficient of perceived social support to anxiety caused by Corona is -0.340. The t-statistic value for this path is 133.7, which, considering that this value is greater than 1.96, indicates the significance of the estimated coefficient. As a result, the present hypothesis is confirmed. As a result, the research hypothesis was confirmed.