A Research on Fear of Covid-19, Anxiety and Individual Religiosity in Kosovo Society Cover Image

Kosova Toplumunda Covid-19 Korkusu, Anksiyete ve Bireysel Dindarlık Üzerine Bir Araştırma
A Research on Fear of Covid-19, Anxiety and Individual Religiosity in Kosovo Society

Author(s): Fehmi Gashi
Subject(s): Psychology, Islam studies, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Karadeniz Teknik Üniversites - İlahiyat Fakültesi
Keywords: Kosovo; Covid-19; Fear; Anxiety; Individual religiosity;

Summary/Abstract: Covid-19 is recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) as one of the most serious viruses recently experienced. So the World Health Organization declared the covid-19 virus as a pandemic since March 2020. This announcement shows that the covid-19 virus has been spreading to all regions of the world. The spreading of the virus rapidly and a highly death rates cause increasing of psychological problems -fear, anxiety, etc. in humans. Based on these facts, we focused to determine the anxiety, fear and individual religiosity of people in Kosovo against the reality of covid-19. We also tried to recognize the relationship between the fear caused by covid-19 and individual piety, age, gender, education and economic status. This article is a kind of field study wherein the survey technique is used and in accord with screening method. The sample consists of individuals (N = 152) in Kosovo. In the sampling Fear of Covid-19, Common Anxiety Disorder and Individual Religion Inventory were applied. According to the findings there is a significant difference between individual religiosity and covid-19; anxiety, gender, educational and economic status. Also, there is positive between covid-19 fear and anxiety variables; it has not been determined that there is a negative correlation between fear of covid-19 and praying five times a day and fasting in Ramadan.

  • Issue Year: 7/2020
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 227-262
  • Page Count: 36
  • Language: Turkish
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