Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices, and Personality Predictors of Risk Taking towards COVID-19 among University Students in Kenya

Autor/in	Otanga, Habil
Titel	Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices, and Personality Predictors of Risk Taking towards COVID-19 among University Students in Kenya
Quelle	In: International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies, 8 (2021), S.153-161 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Otanga, Habil)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; College Students; COVID-19; Pandemics; Risk; Student Attitudes; Knowledge Level; Student Behavior; Health Behavior; Personality Traits; Predictor Variables; Gender Differences; Interpersonal Relationship; Extraversion Introversion; Kenya + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Collegestudent; Risiko; Schülerverhalten; Wissensbasis; Student behaviour; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Prädiktor; Geschlechterkonflikt; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Kenia
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to examine the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of university students towards COVID-19, and further, some personality characteristics that exacerbate the risk of infection. Out of the 300 university students based in Mombasa, Kenya, targeted in the online study, 219 submitted their filled questionnaires. Data was analyzed quantitatively using SPSS (v.25). Twoway ANOVA and regression models were used to analyze the data. Findings show high knowledge levels and low-risk behaviors towards COVID-19 but unhealthy attitudes especially among women aged 20-29 who also reported higher extroversion, and positive attitudes towards social interactions during COVID-19. Basic knowledge was predicted by age, gender, extroversion, public self-consciousness, and high-risk perception while advanced knowledge was predicted by basic knowledge. Low-risk perception was predicted by age, basic knowledge, and positive attitudes towards social interaction during COVID-19. Age, extroversion and risk perception predicted attitudes about social interactions. Preventive practices were in turn predicted by gender, risk perception, attitudes towards social interactions, extroversion and lack of premeditation. Findings of the study raise interest about university students' KAP, underlying personality dynamics that predict risk taking towards COVID-19, and appropriate COVID-19 messaging to affect attitudes. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies. Sakarya University, Faculty of Education, Department of Educational Sciences, Sakarya, Turkey. e-mail: ijpesjournal@gmail.com; Web site: https://ijpes.com/index.php/ijpes/index
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01