Qualitative Analysis of Effective Psychological Factors on Stress and Fear of Covid-19 Virus During Corona Outbreak Using Grounded Theory Method (GTM) Journal Article

The purpose of this study was to qualitative analysis of effective psychological factors on stress and fear of covid-19 virus during corona outbreak using grounded theory method (GTM). The emergence of a new form of coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in China created a confusing situation that was rapidly evolving and spread dramatically to other provinces and regions of China and then to the rest of the world. The aim of this study was to qualitatively analyze the psychological factors affecting stress and fear of Covid-19 virus during corona outbreak using grounded theory (GTM) method among students of Islamic Azad University, Electronic Branch. This research has been a qualitative research in terms of basic purpose, in terms of descriptive-survey method and in terms of data type. The study population was the students of Islamic Azad University, electronic unit and the selected sample was 30 students studying in the second semester of 2019-20 of this university unit who were selected by available sampling method. The tool used in the research was a semi-structured interview that was conducted online. Findings showed that 6 psychological factors affecting stress and fear of Covid-19 virus were identified as worry about virus infection, socio-economic consequences, fear of strangers, traumatic stress symptoms, emergency response and fear.According to the identified factors, it is predicted that when we go through this epidemic, significant mental health needs will appear in people who need measurements to provide a useful solution to improve the mental health of people.

ظهور یک فرم جدید از کروناویروس (2019-nCoV) در چین، وضعیتی گیج کننده ایجاد نمود که به سرعت در حال تکامل بود و به صورت چشمگیری در سایر استان‌ها و مناطق چین و سپس به کل جهان گسترش یافت. پژوهش حاضر با هدف تحلیل کیفی عوامل روانشناختی موثر بر استرس و ترس از ویروس کووید -19 در هنگام شیوع کرونا با استفاده از روش گراندد تئوری (GTM) در بین دانشجویان دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد الکترونیکی انجام شد. این پژوهش از نظر هدف بنیادی، از نظر نوع روش توصیفی-پیمایشی و از نظر نوع داده، جز پژوهش‌های کیفی بوده است. جامعه مورد بررسی دانشجویان دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد الکترونیکی و نمونه انتخابی 30 نفر دانشجوی مشغول به تحصیل در نیمسال دوم 99-98 این واحد دانشگاهی بودند که به شیوه نمونه‌گیری در دسترس انتخاب شدند. ابزار مورد استفاده در پژوهش مصاحبه نیمه ساختارمند بوده که به شیوه آنلاین انجام شد. یافته‌ها نشان داد 6 عامل روانشناختی موثر بر استرس و ترس از ویروس کووید-19 تحت عنوان نگران آلوده شدن به ویروس، پیامدهای اقتصادی – اجتماعی، بیم از بیگانه، علائم استرس آسیب زا، مقابله اضطراری و ترس شناسایی شد. با توجه به عوامل شناسایی شده، پیش بینی می شود که هرگاه از این بیماری همه گیر عبور کنیم، نیازهای بهداشت روان قابل توجهی در مردم ظاهر می شود که نیازمند اندازه‌گیری جهت ارائه راهکار مفید به منظور بهبود وضعیت سلامت روان مردم می‌باشند.

ir/ Iranian Evolutionary and Educational Psychology Journal IEEPJ Qualitative Analysis of Effective Psychological Factors on Stress and Fear of Covid- 19 Virus During Corona Outbreak Using Grounded Theory Method (GTM) Majid Barzegar Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Marvdasht, Iran * Corresponding author’s Email: mbarzegar55@gmail. com ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to qualitative analysis of effective psychological factors on stress and fear of covid-19 virus during corona outbreak using grounded theory method (GTM). The aim of this study was to qualitatively analyze the psychological factors affecting stress and fear of Covid-19 virus during corona outbreak using grounded theory (GTM) method among students of Islamic Azad University, Electronic Branch. Keywords: Stress, Fear, Covid-19, Grounded Theory Introduction The emergence of a novel form of coronavirus (2019-nCoV), in December 2019, in Wuhan, China, created a confusing and rapidly evolving situation and quickly spread to other provinces/regions of the country and then to whole world (Shigemura et al. 2015; Cited by Harper, Satchell, Fido & Latzman, 2020). In fact, many studies have shown the COVID-19 pandemic has caused serious threats to people's physical health and lives such as feeling anxiety and stress (Dong and Zheng, 2020; Liu, 2020; Shigemura et al. Material and Method The reporting of results of this study follows the Consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative (COREQ) guidelines for qualitative research (Tong, Sainsbury & Craig, 2007; Baghirathan, Cheston, Hui, Chacon et al.