Investigation of the effects of corona virus pandemic and social isolation on psychological symptoms in terms of psychological resilience and coping styles (tur)

Koronavirs salgn ve sosyal izolasyonun psikolojik semptomlar zerindeki etkilerinin psikolojik salamlk ve stresle ba etme tarzlar asndan incelenmesi Investigation of the effects of coronavirus and social isolation on psychological symptoms in terms of psychological resilience and coping styles SUMMARY Objective: IThe aim of this study is to determine the psychological symptoms scores, before and after the corona virus pandemic (COVID-19), and social isolation. Furthermore, it aims to examine the relationships between psychological symptom scores emerging after COVID-19 and social isolation, and styles of coping with stress, psychological resilience scores, and perceptions, and attitudes regarding COVID-19 and social isolation; and to determine to predict the level of psychological symptoms of these three variables. Method: It was applied online psychological symptoms, psychological resilience, stress coping scales and questions regarding COVID-19 to the participants, who consisted of 1245 people, 1212 female (81.3%) and 233 (18.7%) male, between the ages of 18-74. Results: A high level of significant difference was found in favor of after COVID-19 symptom scores between the participants' mean psychological symptom scores before and after COVID-19 and social isolation. They were determined significant correlations between symptom scores after COVID-19 and psychological resilience, coping styles with stress and perceptions and attitudes regarding COVID-19. It was predicted range from 23.8% to 40.2% the psychological symptoms, by psychological resilience, dysfunctional coping with stress, and the level of perception and attitudes regarding COVID-19. Discussion: While COVID-19 and social isolation and dysfunctional coping with stress have a disruptive effect on the psychological symptoms of individuals, psychological resilience has a protective effect. This study is thought to will contribute to the psychological intervention plans to be applied intended to the psychological effects of the COVID-19.