The relationship between social support and level of anxiety post recovery from COVID-19

Authors

  • Anifa Handayani Program Studi Psikologi, Fakultas Psikologi dan Kesehatan, Universitas Negeri Padang

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35747/ph.v6i1.762

Keywords:

anxiety, covid-19, social support

Abstract

Self-isolation on pandemic or activity restriction makes the social support’s level that accepted by society has decreased. People become individualism and avoid each other. People whose infected by COVID-19 often ostracized by the citizen because they are afraid of being infected. This study aim to see the correlation of social support and anxiety levels after recovering from COVID-19. There are 62 participants were got from purposive sampling technique. The result showed a negative correlation r = -0.748, where the higher the social support, the lower the level of stress experienced by the individual.

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29-06-2024

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Handayani, A. (2024). The relationship between social support and level of anxiety post recovery from COVID-19. Psycho Holistic, 6(1), 31–34. https://doi.org/10.35747/ph.v6i1.762

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