The Mental Health of a Society in Crisis: Complaints of Depression and Anxiety

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dc.contributor.authorBozkurt, Veysel
dc.contributor.authorKaya, Hasan
dc.contributor.authorGöka, Erol
dc.contributor.authorBilir, Kadriye Burcu Öngen
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-08T15:02:42Z
dc.date.available2026-02-08T15:02:42Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.departmentBursa Teknik Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this paper is to examine the change in anxiety and feelings of depression within the Turkish population, including the factors behind these changes, during the most intense period of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. Data were collected online from a population with similar characteristics using the convenience sampling method at the beginning of the pandemic (2020) and during its second year (2021). After parsing the data, a total of 9,369 questionnaires were evaluated. The Anxiety and Depressive Complaints questionnaire was prepared based on the conditions related to COVID-19. The scale was produced by selecting from a large set of questions using Factor Analysis (FA). The Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) values of the measurement tool fell within the acceptable limits. It was observed that both anxiety and feelings of depression were extraordinarily high during this period. The data showed that gender, family communication problems, trust in the state, fear of losing one’s job, religious involvement, and time had predictive effects on anxiety. All the predictive variables for anxiety also had significant effects on depressive complaints. Age, household income, and living in rural or urban areas were also determined to be predictive for depressive complaints.
dc.identifier.endpage170
dc.identifier.issn2667-6931
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.startpage153
dc.identifier.trdizinid1173573
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12885/3564
dc.identifier.volume42
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000935888100007
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakTR-Dizin
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherIstanbul University
dc.relation.ispartofİstanbul Üniversitesi Sosyoloji Dergisi
dc.relation.ispartofİstanbul University Journal of Sociology
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Ulusal Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_DergiPark_20260207
dc.subjectSociology
dc.subjectSosyoloji
dc.titleThe Mental Health of a Society in Crisis: Complaints of Depression and Anxiety
dc.typeArticle

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