Fear of Covid-19 and depression in psychology students from Ica

• Autores: Chacaltana-Hernández, Katia Marilyn, Bontempo Lozano, Elsa María, Varela Guevara, Silvana Graciela
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2022
• Institución: Universidad César Vallejo
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad César Vallejo
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:oai.revistas.ucv.edu.pe:article/2109
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.ucv.edu.pe/index.php/psiquemag/article/view/2109
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: miedo; Covid-19; depresión; coronavirus; universitarios; Fear; depression; university

The aim of this research is to establish the levels and the relationship that exists between fear of coronavirus and depression in psychology students from Ica. It is non-experimental, descriptive correlational, with the participation of 157 students from the Faculty of Psychology. of Ica, the following instruments were used: Scale of fear of coronavirus (Sars-cov2)-Peruvian version and Depressive Psychopathology Scale (EDP). The results found show 78. 4% of Fear of contracting Covid-19 and 20.4% have depressive symptoms, likewise, it was found that there is a direct and highly significant relationship between both study variables, no significant differences were found according to age and sex except for the academic cycle.