Psychological and behavioral responses in South Korea during the early stages of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2020, Pages

  Lee, Minjung ^a   You, Myoungsoon ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Coronavirus; Efficacy belief; Pandemics; Perceived risk; Precautionary behaviors; Public health emergency preparedness

Indexed keywords

COVID-19; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH SURVEY; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; VIRAL DISEASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONLINE SYSTEM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOUTH KOREA; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; AGED; BETACORONAVIRUS; CIVIL DEFENSE; CORONAVIRINAE; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; PANDEMIC; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; VERY ELDERLY; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

SOUTH KOREA;

CORONAVIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BETACORONAVIRUS; CIVIL DEFENSE; CORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85084107478     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17092977     Document Type: Article

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