Reflection of COVID-19 in The Context of Posttraumatic Growth in Turkish Society

Year 2023, Volume: 6 Issue: 1, 57 - 69, 31.03.2023

Çağla Yiğitbaş , Ayse Elkoca , Handan Özcan

https://doi.org/10.35341/afet.1094784

Abstract

The aim of the study was to determine whether the COVID-19 pandemic had a positive impact on posttraumatic growth and to identify the influential factors. Quantitative method was used. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted. Permissions were obtained before the research. The sample size was calculated with the formula t2xs2/d2. After the calculation, 106 people who consented to participate in the study were reached. Data were collected by convenience sampling method. The mean age of the participants was 31.61 ± 11.05 years. 58.5% of the participants were female and 44.3% were married. The rate of those who said they had a high income was 9.4%. More than half of the participants stated that they experienced anxiety due to the pandemic, and more than half stated that they had this disease at home. Those who reported that they were not currently working, those who thought that their mental health was affected, and those who reported experiencing anxiety due to the pandemic had higher scores on the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory. Posttraumatic growth and its sub-dimensions were found to make a difference in terms of some sociodemographic characteristics. Repeating this research in different cultural societies will be decisive and clarifying in terms of results.

Keywords

COVID-19, Post-Traumatic Growth, Sociodemographic Characteristics, Turkey Sample

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