| dc.description.abstract | Background : Corona virus disease 2019 (Covid-19) is an acute respiratory syndrome with a
variety of specific symptoms that can lead to fatal death, causing public anxiety of
contracting this disease and uncertainty of health status. The purpose of this study was to
determine the path analysis of the effect of social support on anxiety for people at risk of
Covid-19 during the pandemic.
Methods : The design of this study was an explanatory with a population of all Covid-19
People at Risk in Kemlagi District, Mojokerto Regency, with a sample of 150 respondents by
random sampling. The exogenous variable was social support which is measured using the
Social Support Questionnaire (SSQ). The endogenous variable, was anxiety measured by the
GAD-7 (Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7) questionnaire which consists of 7 questions about
signs and symptoms of normal / appropriate affective, cognitive, and physical behavior. The
analysis with Structural of Equation Model (SEM) with Partial Lease Square (PLS) approach
with theory-based model development and path diagram development.
Results: The level of anxiety of people at risk in facing the Covid-19 outbreak is directly
affected by emotional support (path coefficient of 0.516 and statistical T value 8.289), and
information support about Covid-19 with a path coefficient of 0.286 and statistical T value
3.868. Instrumental support has an indirect effect on anxiety (significance probability (P)
0.385> 0.05). The findings in this study are that social support (emotional and informational)
can reduce the level of anxiety of people at risk of Covid-19 during the pandemic.
Conclusions: When people are at risk in facing the Covid-19 outbreak, social support helps
improve people's ability to interpretation of stressors during the pandemic properly, and
utilize the resources used in solving problems, and good coping efforts, so that the level of
anxiety during the pandemic decreased. | en_US |
