Author(s)

Bu Qingfeng ^1,2, He Chuting ¹, Sun Liren ¹, Xin Meiqian ¹, Dai Nuo ¹, Gu Jiayi ¹, Deng Jiayao ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of Medical Instruments, Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Shanghai, China
² School of Economics, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China

Corresponding Author

Bu Qingfeng

ABSTRACT

During the COVID-19 epidemic, college students, as the most active part of Internet users, often learn about the COVID-19 through online media. This paper conducts an empirical study on the influence of the duration and nature of exposure to COVID-19 media information on the psychological anxiety of college students, and provides suggestions for the psychological protection of college students in emergencies. In this study, literature research method, questionnaire survey method, combined with the general situation questionnaire, generalized anxiety scale, self-designed questionnaire, students in a medical college in Shanghai as the survey objects, and the data were analyzed. The results show that the duration of media information exposure and negative media exposure are positively correlated with the degree of anxiety of college students. Positive media exposure is negatively correlated with the degree of psychological anxiety of college students. Based on the analysis results, suggestions are put forward to alleviate the psychological anxiety caused by media information exposure to college students from the perspective of society and college students.

KEYWORDS

COVID-19; Media exposure; Psychological anxiety

CITE THIS PAPER

Bu Qingfeng, He Chuting, Sun Liren, Xin Meiqian, Dai Nuo, Gu Jiayi, Deng Jiayao, The Impact of COVID-19 Media Information Exposure on College Students' Psychological Anxiety. Applied & Educational Psychology (2023) Vol. 4: 38-44. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/appep.2023.040806.

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