چکیده:
Objective: The present study aimed to predict corona disease anxiety among medical staff in Tehran based on five-factor theory of personality. Method: In the present descriptive and correlational study, the statistical population included all medical staff in Tehran in 2020, among which 210 physicians, nurse, and other medical staffs were selected based on snowball sampling method. The instruments included Neo-Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI), Corona Disease Anxiety Scale (CDAS). Data were analyzed using Pearson’s correlation and Multiple Regression Analysis. Findings: Regression analysis indicated significantly Beta coefficients for openness personality traits (-0.238) and conscientiousness personality traits (-0.249). a statistically significant correlation is observed between openness (39%), neuroticism (-39%), extraversion (37%), conscientiousness (34%), and agreeableness (25%) with coronavirus anxiety at the 99% confidence level. Further, the correlation between each of the dimensions and the mental component of coronavirus anxiety is more compared to that of physical one. Conclusion: Based on the results of multiple regression analysis, the micro-components of openness and conscientiousness could predict the level of total coronavirus anxiety. Considering standard coefficients, conscientiousness plays a more important role in predicting the level of total coronavirus anxiety in medical staffs, which decreases by increasing openness and conscientiousness. Medical staff who are higher in openness and conscientiousness personality traits are lower in corona disease anxiety.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Therefore, the present study aimed to predict coronavirus anxiety based on the big five personality traits among medical staff and respond to the following questions.
Can NEO five personality traits predict the physical and mental anxiety caused by coronavirus in people, especially the medical staff exposing the deadly and dangerous virus directly?
Based on the results in Table 3, openness and conscientiousness are considered as significant in predicting the level of the total coronavirus anxiety with the standard coefficient of -00238 and -00249, respectively.
The results of Table 3 represent the significance of openness and conscientiousness with the standard coefficients of -00188 and -00249 in predicting the level of the mental component of coronavirus anxiety, respectively.
Considering that the probability value of Mann- Whitney U test is more than 0005 (Table 4), no significant difference is observed between the level of coronavirus anxiety in total, physical, and mental states among the medical staff contacting with COVID-19 patients directly and that of those exposing indirectly at the 95% confidence level.
The present study was conducted with the aim of predicting corona disease anxiety based on five big personality traits among medical staff in Table 6.
The results of multiple regression analysis showed that personality traits in the components of conscientiousness and agreeableness were able to predict the level of general corona disease anxiety.
Another finding of the study on the second question was that there was no significant difference between the level of Corona disease anxiety in medical staff who are in direct contact with COV_19 patients and those who are not in direct exposure.