Experience of COVID-19 disease and fear of the SARS-CoV-2 virus among Polish students

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Congratulations to our colleagues E. Turska, †N. Stępień-Lampa, P. Grzywna, for the great article in @PeerJLife: Experience of COVID-19 disease and fear of the SARS-CoV-2 virus among Polish students https://t.co/OZujd9Saq6
Brain, Cognition and Mental Health

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Introduction

Materials & Methods

Participants

Measures

Results

  1. I am most afraid of coronavirus-19.

  2. It makes me uncomfortable to think about coronavirus-19.

  3. My hands become clammy when I think about coronavirus-19.

  4. I am afraid of losing my life because of coronavirus-19.

  5. When watching news and stories about coronavirus-19 on social media, I become nervous or anxious.

  6. I cannot sleep because I’m worrying about getting coronavirus-19.

  7. My heart races or palpitates when I think about getting coronavirus-19.

Discussion

Limitations

Conclusions

Supplemental Information

Database translated into English

DOI: 10.7717/peerj.14356/supp-1

Codebook translated into English for the database

DOI: 10.7717/peerj.14356/supp-2

Additional Information and Declarations

Competing Interests

The authors declare there are no competing interests.

Author Contributions

Elżbieta Turska conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, and approved the final draft.

Natalia Stępień-Lampa conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Paweł  Grzywna conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Human Ethics

The following information was supplied relating to ethical approvals (i.e., approving body and any reference numbers):

The Research Ethics Committee of the University of Silesia in Katowice granted Ethical approval to carry out the study within its facilities (KEUS.95/02.2021).

Data Availability

The following information was supplied regarding data availability:

The data is available at OSF: Stępień-Lampa, N., Turska, E., & Grzywna, P. Ł. (2022, April 26). Fear of COVID-19. Retrieved from osf.io/s47hx.

Grzywna Paweł, & Turska Elżbieta. (2022). Experience of COVID-19 disease and fear of the SARS-CoV-2 virus among Polish students (Version 1) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7295270.

Funding

This work was supported by the Research Excellence Initiative of the University of Silesia in Katowice. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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