Ahmed Bin Saâ??d Bin Nasser Al-Ahmed
Department of Psychology, College of Social Sciences, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaPublications
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Thesis
Preventive Practices Followed During the COVID-19 Pandemic as a Mediating Variable between Illusion of Illness and Psychological and Social Adjustment among Members of Saudi Society
Author(s): Ahmed Bin Saâ??d Bin Nasser Al-Ahmed
This study aimed to identify the preventive practices followed during the COVID-19 pandemic as an intermediary variable between hypochondria and psychological and social adjustment among members of Saudi society.The descriptive correlative and comparative approach and path analysis were used. The study sample consisted of 941 respondents, to whom the measure of preventive practices followed during the COVID-19 pandemic, the hypochondria scale, and the psychological and social adjustment scale were used. The results of the study indicated that the highest preventive practices followed during the COVID-19 pandemic among the study members were health practices, followed by cognitive practices. The behavioral practices ranked last and the level of psychological adjustment recorded a lower degree than social adjustment and a higher level of hypochondria. It was also noted that there is a p.. Read More»
DOI: 10.3371/CSRP.MYBD.040422