Covid 19 Phobia from Turkey Perspective
The social, political, economic and psychological effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, which first appeared in China and affected the whole world, suddenly affected our lives. The Covid 19 pandemic affected individuals psychologically as well as physically. Along with loneliness, which occurs along with social isolation, many problems such as anxiety, fear and phobia have often become noticeable. Accordingly, it is important to study and uncover the consequences caused by the pandemic. In light of these findings, the main aim of the study was to investigate the phobia developed against covid-19 in terms of various variables. The study's working group consists of adult individuals in the 18-65 age range. As a data collection tool, the ‘Covid-19 phobia scale’ was used to measure the phobia that participants may have developed against Covid-19 with the personal information form. The scale consists of 4 sub-dimensions. These are psychological phobia, somatic phobia, social phobia, and economic phobia. The height of the total score taken from these lower dimensions and the entire scale indicates the height of the phobia developed against covid-19. As a result of the research, the hypotheses of the study were confirmed. In this context, it was revealed in the analysis results that the phobia developed against corona virus 19 differed significantly depending on gender, age, educational level and occupational status. According to the results obtained, some recommendations were presented to the researchers for the studies to be carried out after that. Key Words: Corona Virus, Virus, Covid 19, Epidemic, Phobia.