The role of stress coping strategies on fear of coronavirus

Abstract

Aim: The present study aimed to examine the roles of stress coping strategies in reducing fear of coronavirus among medical staff. Methods: The present study was descriptive and correlational. The statistical population consisted of all staff of Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences in 2009-2010. The sample size was equal to 100 who were selected using the convenience sampling method. We collected data using the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (1990), and the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (1998) using SPSS (Ver. 25), Pearson correlation coefficient, and simultaneous multiple regression. Results: The results indicated that there was a negative and significant relationship between problem-focused coping strategy and fear of coronavirus among the staff of Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences (P<0.01). Furthermore, the results indicated that there was a positive and significant relationship between avoidance-oriented and emotion-oriented coping with the fear of coronavirus among the staff of Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences (P<0.01). Conclusion: According to the results, programs can be designed to increase effective stress coping strategies and reduce the fear of coronavirus and they can be implemented through electronic and virtual training workshops to reduce the fear of coronavirus in hospital staff.

Keywords

• strategies for coping with stress
• fear of disease
• coronavirus