Anxiety Assessment in Polish Students during the Russian–Ukrainian War

Edyta Skwirczyńska, Mateusz Kozłowski (), Katarzyna Nowak, Oskar Wróblewski, Agnieszka Sompolska-Rzechuła, Sebastian Kwiatkowski and Aneta Cymbaluk-Płoska
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Edyta Skwirczyńska: Department of History of Medicine and Medical Ethics, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, 70-204 Szczecin, Poland
Mateusz Kozłowski: Department of Gynecological Surgery and Gynecological Oncology of Adults and Adolescents, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Al. Powstańców Wielkopolskich 72, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland
Katarzyna Nowak: Department of Gynecological Surgery and Gynecological Oncology of Adults and Adolescents, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Al. Powstańców Wielkopolskich 72, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland
Oskar Wróblewski: Doctoral School, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, 70-204 Szczecin, Poland
Agnieszka Sompolska-Rzechuła: Department of Applied Mathematics in Economics, Faculty of Economics, West Pomerania University of Technology Szczecin, Janickiego 31, 71-270 Szczecin, Poland
Sebastian Kwiatkowski: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Al. Powstańców Wielkopolskich 72, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland
Aneta Cymbaluk-Płoska: Department of Gynecological Surgery and Gynecological Oncology of Adults and Adolescents, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Al. Powstańców Wielkopolskich 72, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 20, 1-13

Abstract: Anxiety is described as a feeling of fear that appears in stressful or threatening situations. A terrorist attack is one such situation. The aim of this study was to assess anxiety levels among students using the STAI questionnaire. The study group consisted of 510 participants. Statistical analysis was performed using Statistica software. Anxiety levels, correlations between STAI scores, and individual variables were assessed. Logit models were performed for the study variables. Higher levels of anxiety were found in females compared to males ( p = 0.0000). The highest level of anxiety overall was found in year 1 students, the lowest in year 5 students ( p = 0.0005). The highest level of anxiety overall was found in pharmacy students, the lowest in midwifery students. We concluded that there was a relatively strong relationship between anxiety and gender. Gender and fear of an armed attack on Poland had a significant impact on anxiety.

Keywords: anxiety; STAI; students; war; Russian-Ukrainian War; logit (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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