%0 Journal Article
%A Mayor Silva, Luis Iván
%A Moreno Muñoz, Guillermo
%A Cardós Alonso, María Del Carmen
%A Girón Daviña, Pedro Ramón
%A Hernández Martín, Marta María
%A Moreno Pimentel, Antonio Gabriel
%A Mohamedi Abdelkader, Samir
%A Meneses Monroy, Alfonso
%T The role of anxiety, fear and resilience in preventive behaviors against COVID-19: a cross-sectional study with nursing students
%D 2022
%U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/98438
%X Objectives: This study aims to explore the relationships between resilience, fear of COVID-19, anxiety and use of preventivebehaviors related to COVID-19 among nursing students.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 220 first-year nursing students during 2020.Results: A significant relationship emerged between resilience (p < .05), fear of COVID-19 (p = .01), anxiety (p < .01) and use ofpreventive behaviors. Overall, the independent predictors were fear of COVID-19 (p = .003) and male sex (p = .016).Conclusions: It is essential to develop resilience among students further to increase their preventive behaviors against COVID-19.
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