Fathi A, Sadeghi S, Maleki Rad A A, Sharifi Rahnmo S, Rostami H, Abdolmohammadi K. The Role of Cyberspace Use on Lifestyle Promoting Health and Coronary Anxiety in Young Peopl. IJPCP 2020; 26 (3) :332-347
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http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/article-1-3223-en.html
1- NAJA Research Institute of Law Enforcement Sciences and Social Studies, Tehran, Iran. , a.fathi64@gmail.com
2- Department of Psychology, Institute of Charkh Niloofari, Tabriz, Iran.
3- Department of Biology, Faculty of Scince, Payam-e-Nour University, Tehran, Iran.
4- Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Bu Ali Sina University, Hamadan, Iran.
5- NAJA Research Institute of Law Enforcement Sciences and Social Studies, Tehran, Iran.
6- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Payam-e-Nour University, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract: (4054 Views)
Objectives: The most critical issue that the young generation faces is cyberspace, which has increased irrationally with the coronavirus outbreak. The present study aimed to identify cyberspace’s role in lifestyle, promoting health, and coronary anxiety in young people.
Methods: The research method is descriptive post-event. The community included all undergraduate students of Tabriz Azad University, of which 307 people participated in the study through an online call answer to a Researcher-Made Questionnaires, which designed to measure the use of cyberspace, Corona Anxiety Questionnaire and the Lifestyle Promoters. Data were analyzed by multivariate analysis of variance and Post Hoc test.
Results: The findings show the components of lifestyle promoting health, subscales of spiritual growth (P=0.001), responsibility (P=0.016), interpersonal relationships (p=0.033), exercise (P=0.009) as well as the overall score of lifestyle (P=0.001); And one of the components of Corona Anxiety is a subscale of psychological symptoms (P=0.001) and also the total score of Corona Anxiety (P=0.001) in groups related to the use of cyberspace is significant, And students who spent more than four hours using cyberspace scored lower on health-promoting lifestyles and higher on coronary anxiety components.
Conclusion: The excessive use of cyberspace has played a negative role in improving the health of students. Excessive and very little use of cyberspace also increases students’ anxiety, and in this regard, it is suggested that students manage the use of virtual social networks.
Type of Study:
Original Research |
Subject:
Psychiatry and Psychology Received: 2020/05/5 | Accepted: 2020/10/27 | Published: 2020/11/30