COVID-19 Between Panic and Confrontation as a Step Towards Psychological Counselling: A Case Study of Faculty of Education Students of Helwan University

Salwa Mohamed Abdel Baky; Khaled Mohamed Fargoun; Fatma Elzahraa Abdel Basit Abdel Wahed

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COVID-19 Between Panic and Confrontation as a Step Towards Psychological Counselling: A Case Study of Faculty of Education Students of Helwan University

Salwa Mohamed Abdel Baky, Khaled Mohamed Fargoun, Fatma Elzahraa Abdel Basit Abdel Wahed

Published in Psychology and Behavioral Sciences (Volume 10, Issue 1)

Received: 7 January 2021 Accepted: 14 January 2021 Published: 28 January 2021

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The worldwide panic over the spread of the Corona virus, all over the world, has made it a responsibility for researchers to research how to respond to the crisis and find effective mechanisms for positive dealing with it. Thus this paper aimed to identify the negative repercussions that have occurred due to the emergence of Corona-virus and the panic that ensued. Therefore the research objected to identify the reactions of university students towards this crisis and the ways of confrontation. Researchers wanted also to be informed about the students with high degrees of panic in order to design a mentoring program that may help such students deal with their panic. A test of Coping with Covid-19 Crisis and a test of Panic were applied to a sample of the faculty of education students. The results showed that about 44% of them were suffering from panic and in need of psychological health care. Most students used all of coping strategies and especially the Affective and the behavioral. Results showed highly significant difference, where female students were much more in panic compared to male students. We can predict the score of style of coping by knowing the score of panic. In conclusion, panic is negatively associated with strategies of confrontation, so the study recommends supporting positive coping strategies for individuals within crises.

Published in	Psychology and Behavioral Sciences (Volume 10, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.pbs.20211001.15
Page(s)	39-48
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Panic Disorder, Coping, Coping Strategies, Coping Strategy, Crises, Pandemic

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Salwa Mohamed Abdel Baky, Khaled Mohamed Fargoun, Fatma Elzahraa Abdel Basit Abdel Wahed. COVID-19 Between Panic and Confrontation as a Step Towards Psychological Counselling: A Case Study of Faculty of Education Students of Helwan University. Psychol Behav Sci. 2021;10(1):39-48. doi: 10.11648/j.pbs.20211001.15

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Salwa Mohamed Abdel Baky

Department of Mental Health, Faculty of Education, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt
Khaled Mohamed Fargoun

Department of Educational Technology, Faculty of Education, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt
Fatma Elzahraa Abdel Basit Abdel Wahed

Department of Mental Health, Faculty of Education, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt

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