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Factors influencing college students' intention to continue their COVID-19 infection prevention behavior

대학생의 코로나19 감염예방행위 지속의도 영향요인

  • So-Yun Park (Dept. of Early Child Educaton, Daejeon Health University) ;
  • Hyo-Suk Song (Dept. of Paramedicine, Woosuk University) ;
  • Sung-Hwan Bang (Dept. of paramedicine, Bucheon University) ;
  • Chang-Hwa Han (Dept. of Nursing, Kongju University)
  • 박소윤 (대전보건대학교 유아교육과) ;
  • 송효숙 (우석대학교 응급구조학과) ;
  • 방성환 (부천대학교 응급구조과) ;
  • 한창화 (공주대학교 간호학과)
  • Received : 2024.05.12
  • Accepted : 2024.08.30
  • Published : 2024.08.30
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to identify the factors influencing college students' intention to continue COVID-19 infection prevention behavior. The study subjects were collected from May 9 to June 17, 2022, from 209 students at D College, and the collected data were descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient, and Multiple regression analysis. As a result of this study, COVID19 vaccination attitude was significantly positively correlated with COVID19-related anxiety, health beliefs, and intention to continue COVID19 prevention behavior, COVID19-related anxiety was significantly positively correlated with COVID19 stress, health beliefs, and COVID19 stress was significantly positively correlated with health beliefs, and health beliefs were significantly correlated with COVID19 prevention behavior intention. As a result of multiple regression analysis, the factors that significantly influence the intention to continue COVID19 infection prevention behavior were COVID19-related anxiety (𝛽=.35, p=<.001), health beliefs (𝛽=.17, p=.011), and COVID19 vaccination attitude (𝛽=.14, p=.035), followed by explanatory power of 25.2%. Therefore, it provided implications for the need for strategic development of countermeasures to prevent the spread of infection in the event of similar infectious diseases in the future by maintaining the continuity of infection prevention actions.

본 연구의 목적은 대학생의 코로나19 감염예방행위 지속의도 영향요인을 확인하기 위함이다. 연구대상자는 D대학 재학생 209명을 대상으로 2022년 5월 9일부터 6월 17일까지 수집하였으며, 수집된 자료는 기술통계, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson 상관계수, 다중회귀분석을 이용하였다. 본 연구 결과, 코로나19 백신접종태도는 코로나19 관련 불안, 건강신념, 코로나19 예방행위 지속의도와 유의한 정적 상관관계를, 코로나19 관련 불안은 코로나19 스트레스, 건강신념, 코로나19 예방행위 지속의도와 유의한 정적 상관관계를, 코로나19 스트레스는 건강신념과 유의한 정적 상관관계를, 건강신념은 코로나19 예방행위 지속의도와 유의한 상관관계가 있었다. 코로나19 감염예방행위 지속의도에 유의하게 영향을 미치는 요인은 코로나19 관련 불안(𝛽=.35, p=<.001), 건강신념(𝛽=.17, p=.011), 백신접종태도(𝛽=.14, p=.035) 순이며 총 설명력은 25.2%이었다. 따라서 감염예방행위의 대한 지속성을 유지하여 향후 유사 감염병 발생 시 감염확산을 방지할 수 있는 대응마련의 전략적인 개발 필요성에 대한 시사점을 제공하였다.

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이 연구는 2022학년도 대전보건대학교 교내연구비 지원에 의해 수행된 것임.

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