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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.