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1. Risk factors causing psychological response such as sociodemographic
variables, data on areas of concern, the level of compliance with
precautionary measures, the participants’ information source, the
presence of physical symptoms, were determined in detail within the same
study.
2. Female gender, young age, higher education level, being single, high
monthly income, presence of psychiatric illness, a high number of people
living together, having any signs of infection, and contact history with
COVID-19 infected person are identified as risk factors that may
increase psychological impact.
3. Compliance with the rules was found to reduce the risk of
psychological response.