The Role of Communication and Commitment in COVID-19 Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors Among University Students in Jordan: Interaction and Analysis.

Journal of Allied Health Pub Date : 2023-01-01

Amin N Olaimat, Sadi Taha, Tareq M Osaili, Iman Aolymat, Jihad A Alzyoud, Murad A Al-Holy, Saqer Herzallah, Zaid A Al-Nabulsi, Laith M Abu-Ghoush, Tamadur M Olaimat, Mutamed Ayyash, Richard A Holley

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Introduction: Several fields, such as public health, economy, and science, have been adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The objectives of the present study were to investigate knowledge, attitudes, communication, commitment, and behavioral practices of Jordan university students; and using structural equation modelling (SEM) to investigate the relationship among COVID-19 knowledge, attitude, communication, commitment and behavioral practices of students.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, the primary data were collected from 1,095 students comprising 298 males (27.21%) and 797 females (72.79%) from three major universities in Jordan using an online-based questionnaire.

Results: It was found that scores of knowledge, attitudes, communication, commitment, and behavioral practices of students about COVID-19 were 81.4, 79.3, 70.0, 72.6, and 67.4%, respectively. The results also showed that significant association the variables of knowledge and attitudes as well as the commitment and communication are partial mediators in this relationship. Further, a clear positive relationship was observed between the communication, commitment, and behavioral practices of students.

Conclusions: This study confirms the importance of communication and commitment to generate proactive behavioral practices.

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沟通和承诺在约旦大学生COVID-19知识、态度和行为中的作用:互动和分析。

导读:新冠肺炎疫情对公共卫生、经济、科学等多个领域造成了不利影响。本研究的目的是调查约旦大学学生的知识、态度、沟通、承诺和行为实践;并利用结构方程模型(SEM)调查学生COVID-19知识、态度、沟通、承诺与行为实践之间的关系。方法:在本横断面研究中，使用在线问卷收集了来自约旦三所主要大学的1,095名学生的主要数据，其中男性298名(27.21%)，女性797名(72.79%)。结果:学生对新冠肺炎的知识、态度、沟通、承诺和行为实践得分分别为81.4、79.3、70.0、72.6和67.4%。结果还表明，知识和态度的显著相关变量以及承诺和沟通是这种关系的部分中介变量。此外，学生的沟通、承诺与行为实践之间存在显著的正相关关系。结论:本研究证实了沟通和承诺对产生主动行为实践的重要性。

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Allied Health is the official publication of the Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions (ASAHP) . The Journal is the only interdisciplinary allied health periodical, publishing scholarly works related to research and development, feature articles, research abstracts and book reviews. Readers of The Journal comprise allied health leaders, educators, faculty and students. Subscribers to The Journal consist of domestic and international college and university libraries, health organizations and hospitals. Almost 20% of subscribers, in the last three years, have been from outside of the United States. Subscribers include the World Health Organization, the American Medical Association and major universities.